# Business Plan

In the Partner Portal you can create a business plan in collaboration with your Partner Account Manager (PAM). This allows you to set business, turnover, and sales targets in a standardised way. This article explains how to create a business plan.

## Create and submit a business plan

1\. Log in to the Partner Portal with your credentials.

2\. Click **Projects & Sales** > **Business plans** in the left-hand navigation.

3\. Click **Create business plan**.

4\. Complete the individual sections of the business plan. It is automatically saved temporarily. You can interrupt the creation at any time and continue at another time.

5\. Click **Check and send** to send the business plan to <code class="expression">space.vars.ionos\_cloud</code> for review.

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**Result:** The business plan is submitted to <code class="expression">space.vars.ionos\_cloud</code> for review. You will be notified as soon as the review is complete. This can take up to a few days.
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**Note:**

* You can only have one business plan at a time. To create a new business plan, you must delete the old business plan. You can only create one business plan per calendar year.
* Once you have submitted the business plan, you cannot make any changes yourself. You can also no longer change old business plans. Changes can only be made via your PAM.
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## Related topics

* [<mark style="color:blue;">Sales Projects</mark>](/cloud/partner-program/working-with-partner-portal/sales-projects.md): Collaborate with your PAM on individual sales opportunities alongside your business plan.
* [<mark style="color:blue;">Market Development Funds</mark>](/cloud/partner-program/working-with-partner-portal/market-development-funds.md): Request funding to support the marketing campaigns that drive your sales targets.
* [<mark style="color:blue;">Create Customers</mark>](/cloud/partner-program/working-with-partner-portal/create-customers.md): Create and manage end-customer records in the <code class="expression">space.vars.ionos\_cloud</code> Partner Portal to track accounts against the revenue targets set in your business plan.


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