Control your content across your distributor network.
Distributor sales enablement is the practice of delivering, updating, and revoking sales and marketing content across a network of independent distributors. Unlike direct reps, distributors work on devices you do not own and cannot manage, which is why shared drives, email attachments, and traditional sales enablement platforms break down. The core requirement is simple: control the content, not the device.
Three problems no shared drive can solve.
A direct rep works for you. Their laptop is on your domain, their phone might be under MDM, and when they leave, IT disables their account and collects the hardware.
A distributor is a separate business. Their reps carry their own devices, often sell competing lines, and answer to their own management. You have no MDM, no device policy, and no ability to walk into their office and take a laptop back. Yet they present your brochures, price lists, and technical documents to customers every day.
1. You cannot take content back
The day a distributor agreement ends, every file they ever downloaded is still on their devices, and often in the hands of the competitor they just signed with.
2. You cannot keep content current
Distributors quote from the price list they downloaded eight months ago. They present the old spec sheet with the discontinued SKU. Outdated content in the field costs deals and, in regulated industries, creates compliance exposure.
3. You cannot see anything
With email and shared folders, you have no idea which distributors use your content, which files win deals, or whether anyone opened the launch kit you spent a quarter producing.
Downloads without revocation fail the day a relationship ends.
| Shared drives and email | vablet |
|---|---|
| Downloaded files live on their device forever | Content syncs to devices for offline use |
| No way to revoke access to saved copies | Revoke a user and files disappear, even offline copies |
| Old versions circulate for years | Everyone sees only the current approved version |
| Terminated distributors keep everything | Full analytics on views, presentations, and shares |
| One click removes all content from a terminated distributor |
The distinction matters because distributors need offline access. They work in warehouses, mechanical rooms, hospitals, and job sites without reliable Wi-Fi. Any solution that only streams content fails in the field, and any solution that allows downloads without revocation fails the day a distributor relationship ends.
Files downloaded from Google Drive or Dropbox can never be recalled. Files delivered through vablet can.
When a distributor is terminated, vablet removes every file from their devices remotely, including content they downloaded for offline use. No MDM enrollment, no IT project, no lawyers chasing files. One admin clicks one button, and your price lists, playbooks, and technical documents are gone from their devices.
One library. Access by distributor. Offline first. Visible across the network.
One library, always current
Marketing maintains a single content library. When a document is updated, the old version vanishes from every distributor device and the new one takes its place automatically. Nobody in your network can present an outdated file, because outdated files no longer exist on their devices.
Access by distributor, territory, or product line
Group distributors by region, tier, or line card. Each distributor sees only the content that applies to them: their pricing, their territories, their languages. Add a new distributor and they get the right library on day one.
Offline first
Content syncs to iOS, Android, and Windows devices and works with no signal at all. Changes sync the next time the device comes online, and so do the controls: revocations and version updates apply as soon as the device touches the network.
Offline presentation toolVisibility across the network
See which distributors actively use your content, which files get presented most, and which partners went quiet. Content usage is one of the earliest signals of distributor engagement, long before the sales numbers show it.
Marketing controls it. Distributors present it. The record shows it.
The same library on devices you do not own, with rules you do.
The approved library, with or without a connection
Everything a rep can open has already been approved. Expired assets disappear on their own, even offline.
Same library, light or dark, any device
iPad, iPhone, Android, and Windows. Nothing for the customer to install.
Approval window, audience, device rules: set once
Date range, groups, auto push and revoke on group change, download priority, and device restrictions on every file.
Most distributor programs start with content. When you need more, the platform is already there.
Forms and capture
Lead registrations, sample requests, and site surveys that work offline and sync later, so channel data actually makes it back to you.
Built-in LMS
Onboard new distributor reps and certify them on your products inside the same app they sell from. No separate training vendor, no second login.
Enterprise control, without the enterprise headache
The large enterprise platforms were designed for direct sales teams on managed devices with six-figure budgets. vablet deploys in weeks, costs a fraction, and is run day to day by a single marketing admin: version enforcement, revocation, audit trails.
Medical device, industrial, and anyone who sells through partners.
Medical device manufacturers
Keep independent reps and distributors on the current approved version of IFUs, clinical data, and marketing materials, with a full audit trail for regulatory teams. See regulated sales enablement.
Industrial and manufacturing brands
Distribute price lists, spec sheets, and configurator tools across hundreds of distributor reps who work offline in the field. See vablet for manufacturing.
Anyone who sells through partners
And has ever wondered what happens to their content when a partnership ends.
vablet has been in daily use since 2010 across 60+ countries, with customers including Abbott, Baxter, Johnson & Johnson, and Merit Medical.
Distributor sales enablement, answered.
What is distributor sales enablement?
Distributor sales enablement is the practice of delivering, updating, and revoking sales and marketing content across a network of independent distributors. Because those distributors use devices you don’t own or manage, the goal is to control the content itself, keeping it current, secure, and recallable, rather than managing their hardware.
Can vablet really delete content from a device we don’t manage?
Yes. Content delivered through the vablet app stays under vablet’s control, including files synced for offline use. When an admin revokes a user, all content is removed from that user’s app the next time the device connects. No MDM enrollment is required because vablet controls the content layer, not the device.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Content syncs to the device and works with no connection at all. Forms filled offline sync when the device comes back online.
What happens when we update a document?
The new version replaces the old one when each device synchronizes. Disconnected devices receive updates after reconnecting; previously synchronized expiration rules can apply offline. Set synchronization and expiration policies for your distributor network.
Can I give each distributor different content?
Yes. You can group distributors by region, tier, territory, or product line so each one sees only the content that applies to them: their pricing, their territories, their languages. Add a new distributor and they get the right library on day one.
What forms and data capture does vablet support for distributor programs?
vablet supports lead registrations, sample requests, site surveys, and other fillable forms that work offline and sync back to you when the device reconnects. It also includes a built-in LMS to onboard and certify distributor reps inside the same app they sell from.
What visibility do I get into how distributors use content?
You get analytics on which distributors actively use your content, which files get presented most, and which partners have gone quiet. Content usage is one of the earliest signals of distributor engagement, often visible long before the sales numbers move.
Do distributors need to install anything?
Distributor reps install the free vablet app on iOS, Android, or Windows, or use the web app. They log in with credentials you control, and their library appears automatically.
How is vablet priced for distributor networks?
Per-user pricing that works for a ten-person channel or a global network, without implementation fees or professional services requirements.
How long does implementation take?
Most customers are live in weeks. One customer deployed fully before their annual sales meeting with only a few weeks of lead time.
Watch a file vanish from a device we do not manage.
Twenty minutes, your content, on a real device: pushed, updated, and revoked. Most deployments take weeks.
Live in weeks. No implementation fee. $25 per user per month, MSRP.