A digital sales room is a shared online space where a seller and a buying committee keep everything relevant to one deal: proposals, proof, pricing, a mutual action plan and next steps. It replaces a scattered email trail with a single link, and reports which people opened what.
Timing, mostly. A microsite is a marketing asset built to start a conversation with an account that has not engaged yet. A sales room is built once a deal exists, to run it. They look similar and solve different problems, which is why teams sometimes buy one expecting the other.
The business case, relevant proof and case studies, pricing, and a mutual action plan with dates and owners. The mutual action plan is the part that distinguishes a sales room from a shared folder, because it makes the buyer a participant rather than a recipient.
Not necessarily. Plenty of teams run them from a shared document. A dedicated tool earns its place when you need engagement reporting, when multiple reps need a consistent format, or when the buying committee is large enough that knowing who read what changes your next move.
For how the tools in this category compare, see Mutiny alternatives.