Regarding the layout, I had a look in the theme files but cannot see where to alter it. However I am planning to move this site onto a new server fairly soon and at that time I will change the whole template.

Just a thought.

Your comments would look much better (to these old eyes) – and be easier to read – if they were left-aligned, rather than centered.

Phrased a bit differently, your putative JV partner could have a selling point. But the phrasing you reported makes him an opportunist, not a marketer or consultant.

If he charges $1K _to review the product_, then send you his review, that’s consultancy, and perfectly legitimate. A bit steep, perhaps, but legitimate. And he should, along with that, tell you whether he will promote or not, and if not, why not. Could be lack of time, could be workload, could be most anything – but he should so state.

However, if he charges $1K simply to _entertain the thought_ of reviewing the product, w/o any return review to you & w/o even saying he will/will not promote, nor why, that puts him beyond the pale, to my mind.

Sounds as though he’s trading on a good name that could be lost over such an opportunistic methodology.

I’m certain someone will chime in with _business ethic_: there is no such thing. Any ethic is *personal*. Nevertheless, what is ethical in your situation may not be ethical in mine. So you can’t really question his ethic(s) without being intimately familiar with his situation.

However, his approach would seem to reflect more of greed than anything else [grin /].

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