Our Marketplace is a program that enables any type of Service Providers to offer their solutions to the Members connected at France-IX. Buyers can use their port for peering and marketplace services. Sellers can use their port only to sell marketplace services.
Benefits for our Buyer Members
Access to IP centric services easily and in one place
Optimization of your peering connection
Record time to install (VLAN configuration in one business day max)
Benefits for our Sellers
One port to provide your IP services to 300+ networks
Quick implementation
Freedom to apply your product and pricing strategy
Target new expanding markets (Middle East and Africa via Marseille)
Seller can choose from our city PoPs (Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Grenoble, Annecy, Aix-en-Provence, Toulouse).
Services are available from all PoPs of France-IX.
Buyer may connect to a PoP and buy services from a seller connected to another one.
How does the marketplace work ?
Our Marketplace is a program that enables any type of Service Providers to offer their solutions to the Members connected at France-IX.
Buyers can use their port for peering and marketplace services.
Sellers can use their port only to sell marketplace services.
Sales process
Step 1
A: Marketplace contract
B: Marketplace pricing (NRC, MRC)
C: Access to Buyers contacts list
Step 2
A: Negotiation with supplier
B: Agreement between supplier and buyer
C: Contracting
D: Billing by supplier
Step 3
A: Peering contract amendment
B: Marketplace pricing (NRC per VLAN)
C: VLAN provisionning per service purchased on the Marketplace
France-IX sellers contact list
Activation process
To benefit from the services, our Buyer Members can reach out to the list of Sellers to get a quote.
Once the Buyer Member and the Seller have agreed on their commercial relationship.
The Buyer Member orders the VLAN to France-IX by signing an amendment to their peering contract. France-IX checks with the Seller and configures the VLAN.