Levels and roles

What is a white-label instance?

A white-label instance is a video conferencing service that runs under your brand. It has its own host name, product name, logo, colors, email sender and settings. People who use it do not see our name.

Every instance is a configuration of the same platform, not a separate installation. That is why one company can run many instances side by side, and why a new instance can be ready within minutes.

Which levels are there?

Instances are arranged in levels. Each level manages the levels below it.

LevelWho works hereWhat they manage
DistributorA partner who sells through resellersTheir resellers, and every instance below them
ResellerA partner who sells to end customersTheir own instances
White-label instanceThe organization whose brand the service carriesThe accounts in the instance, and its settings and branding
AccountA customer organization inside an instanceIts own users, meeting rooms and meeting defaults
UserAn account administrator or a meeting organizerTheir own meetings

Not every partnership uses every level. A company that runs a single instance for its own staff works only at instance level and below. A reseller without a distributor starts at reseller level.

Distributor and reseller administrators work in the partner portal, the administration area for resellers and distributors, and manage the instances below them there. Accounts and users are managed inside the instance itself. See the Account Administrator Hand Book.

Who can do what?

RoleCan
Distributor administratorCreate resellers and the instances below them, edit their settings and branding, add administrators to them, and see their statistics
Reseller administratorCreate instances, edit their settings and branding, add administrators to them, see their statistics, and run white-label trials
Instance administratorCreate and manage the accounts in the instance, edit the instance's settings, branding, texts, web hooks and API keys, and see its statistics
Account administratorManage the users, meeting rooms and defaults of one account
Meeting organizerSchedule and run meetings

An administrator of a level is also an administrator of every level below it. A reseller administrator can therefore open and change any instance of that reseller without being added to it separately.

Where do I log in?

Every level has its own host name, and the host name you log in on decides what you see:

  • On the host name of your distributor or reseller, you reach the partner portal for that level. You need to be one of its administrators.
  • On the host name of an instance, you reach that instance. You need an account in it, as an account administrator or as a meeting organizer. Instance administrators find their tools in the side menu under Platform settings.

Because logging in on an instance always requires an account, adding an administrator to an instance also creates a small trial account for them. The setup guide explains this step.

What do I configure where?

You want to changeWhere
Host name, product name, email sender, languages, legal links, features, meeting room defaults, sign-inWhite-label settings: Configuration > System in the partner portal, or System configuration inside the instance. See the settings reference.
Logo, icon, colors, background image, custom CSSConfiguration > Branding in the partner portal, or Platform settings > Branding inside the instance. See Branding.
The texts of the user interface and of emailsConfiguration > Languages in the partner portal, or Platform settings > Languages inside the instance. See Texts and languages.
Accounts, their rooms and their administratorsAccount management inside the instance
Who may change a setting at the levels below youThe Overwritable? switch. See Inheritance and locks.

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