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Go-Live eligibility question — ISV Connector (Public integration) for a small ISV

  • July 3, 2026
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Hi, I'm the founder of a transaction-management SaaS
for residential real estate teams. I'm planning a Docusign integration and need to
confirm go-live eligibility before I invest the build time.

The model is a standard ISV Connector / Public integration:
- One integration key, Authorization Code Grant (confidential client)
- Each user connects THEIR OWN existing Docusign account via OAuth
- All envelopes are sent from and billed to the users' own Docusign accounts.
  Nothing is billed to my company, and I am not reselling or embedding Docusign.

My company is an established LLC with a corporate domain, but it is a small
company: fewer than 20 employees and less than one year old. The Partner Program
requirements page lists "established for at least one year and with at least 20
employees," which is why I'm asking before building.

Three specific questions:

1. For a Public integration under the model above, is Docusign Partner Program
   membership strictly required to complete Go-Live, or can Go-Live be completed
   with a self-purchased paid production account (Business Pro or higher) serving
   as the integration-key management account?

2. If Partner Program membership IS required: do the published requirements
   (20+ employees, 1+ year established) apply to an ISV registering solely to
   take a Connector integration live? Or do those requirements apply only to
   other partner tracks (reseller, referral, directory listing)?

3. Is there anything about company size or age that would prevent this
   integration from remaining live as it scales (e.g., thousands of end users),
   assuming continued compliance with API terms and resource limits?

A plain yes/no on each, with a pointer to the controlling policy page, would be
hugely appreciated. Thank you!

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  • Digital Collaborator
  • July 4, 2026
Hello ,
 
Thank you for contacting Docusign Community Support. 
 
Answer to 1: No
Partner accounts are not required. 

You should be able to promote your key to your company's account without a problem and use it to connect your customer's accounts. 

 
Question 2 and 3 are invalid because 1 is a no. 

We do recommend talking to our colleagues at the Docusign Partner Program do get more information about the benefits of joining it. 
 
Best regards,
 
Adrian | Docusign Developer Support

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  • Author
  • New Voice
  • July 8, 2026

Update for anyone following this path: I purchased a Business Pro annual account specifically based on the answer above and the Developer FAQ's "Business Pro or higher" guidance. The promotion dialog now rejects the account ("Your account doesn't support promoting an integration key to production"), and support (case #17624584) says a Business Pro account only supports key promotion "on a limited case to case basis" and that a custom-plan sales conversation is required.

@Adrian Dev, can you or the go-live team clarify the discrepancy? My scenario is unchanged from the original question: Public integration / ISV Connector, customers connect their own accounts, zero envelopes ever sent or billed from my account. What exactly does a Business Pro account lack for holding a promoted key in this model?


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  • July 8, 2026

Further update: sales' answer is that key promotion requires a custom-priced enterprise plan. ​@Adrian Dev, is that genuinely the policy for the ISV Connector model you described above?


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I have the exact same enquiry. Any updates ​@Adrian Dev ?