Chan­nel part­ners are com­pa­nies that refer, co-sell, resell or dis­trib­ute the prod­ucts or ser­vices of anoth­er com­pa­ny. These part­ners often have a close rela­tion­ship with the com­pa­ny whose prod­ucts or ser­vices they sell. Chan­nel part­ners is a cat­e­go­ry of part­ners that includ­ed dif­fer­ent types of partners.