Clausehound Playbook - How to Draft a Distribution Agreement

1 - Understand what a distribution agreement entails

• Overview of Distribution Agreements

2 - Learn more about distribution agreements

• Article 1 - Common Mistakes in Drafting a Distribution Agreement
• Article 2 - Distribution Agreements and App Stores
• Article 3 - Termination Clauses in Distribution Agreements
• Article 4 - Exorbitant Fees Leads to Demise of Distributor
• Article 5 - Protecting Intellectual Property can be Essential in a Distribution Agreement

3 - Fill out this checklist to understand your agreement goals

• Checklist

4 - Read this sample agreement

• Distribution Agreement

5 - Map your checklist to the agreement

• How to map (which clauses map to which sections of the agreement)

6 - Have your agreement reviewed by a lawyer

• How to ask for a lawyer

7 - Edit and finalize first draft

• Tips of what to look out for

8 - Prepare a high-level list of what’s included

• See example of list of terms

9 - Send to counterparty with email attached

• Read this sample email to send to your counterparty