Zentitle product setup summary

Setting up products in Zentitle2 is the foundational step before configuring editions, plans, offerings, and entitlements.

Products represent the software applications or binaries a business wants to monetize and control through licensing. This initial setup is crucial, as license definitions, feature controls, and entitlement attributes are typically configured at the product level, forming the blueprint for everything downstream.

Creating a Product

Begin by navigating to the "Product Catalog" and selecting "Products" in the Zentitle2 dashboard. Click 'Create Product', enter a name representing the application or binary to be licensed, and click save. At this point, the product becomes the central reference for setting entitlement features, default values, and parameters throughout the licensing process.

Editing Product Details

Once a product is created, it can be edited to define important settings:

• Lease Period: Determines how often an application checks license rights from the server, vital for operational flexibility and security.

• Offline Lease Period: Specifies the duration for which the local cached license remains valid without online verification.

• Grace Period: Allows continued software use for a set time after license expiry, supporting customer-friendly renewal and billing workflows.

These timing options add practicality for deployments in varying connectivity situations or where user experience during license expiry matters. Changes are saved as you proceed, and caution is required if deleting products since this action also irreversibly removes all connected offerings and entitlements.

Adding Feature Controls

After basic parameters are set, the product can be configured with feature controls, attributes, and advanced options like counters. These details shape what users can do with the licensed product, reflecting all the functional possibilities to be managed and sold as editions or offerings later.

Next Steps After Product Creation

With core products in place, the workflow continues with setting up editions (grouping features or tiers), plans (commercial terms), offerings (actual SKUs for sale), and entitlements (user rights and activation codes).

This modular progression—from product to entitlement—allows Zentitle2 users to maintain clarity, scalability, and precision in their software monetization and compliance strategies.

Setting Up Editions

Editions are typically the top-level representation of a product line or distinct market version. Setting up editions allows software vendors to group related features or capabilities under a recognizable label, such as "Standard," "Professional," or "Enterprise." Editions are configured in the Zentitle2 dashboard and determine what feature sets or entitlements are generally available at each commercial level.

Setting Up Plans

Plans detail the specific commercial terms for accessing an edition or part of a product. Commonly, plans capture subscription duration, billing cycle, user limits, usage parameters, or regional restrictions. In Zentitle2, setting up plans provides the building blocks for more granular monetization and supports different go-to-market approaches such as monthly, annual, or consumption-based access.

Setting Up Offerings

Offerings represent the actual commercial product available to end customers. They combine editions and plans into specific SKUs or bundles, which can be sold via direct sales, ecommerce portals, or channel partners. Offerings in Zentitle2 are designed to connect commercial intent (what the customer will pay for) with the technical configuration (what the software provides), linking purchase, activation, and entitlement delivery.

Setting Up Entitlements (or Activation Codes)

Entitlements define the rights or permissions a customer receives after license activation. Zentitle2 enables companies to generate and manage entitlements for software features, usage quotas, or service levels. If required, activation codes can be created and distributed—often used in on-premise or legacy models. The platform's APIs and dashboard allow for entitlement management, tracking usage, and compliance in real time, thus supporting both SaaS and perpetual/per-seat models as needed.

This stepwise approach provides software vendors with centralized control, flexibility, and operational efficiency as they introduce new products or pricing models to the market.