Partnership Standards

Qist (قسط): fair dealing. It’s our name because it’s our operating system.

Qist Partners matches Muslim finance creators with Muslim-owned financial brands and Islamic institutions. We hold every deal — including our own role in it — to the standards below. We publish them so that creators know what we will never bring them, brands know exactly how we work, and both know what they can hold us to.

1. Who we work with

Brands. We represent campaigns only for organisations that pass both of our gates:

• Gate 1 — Ownership or Islamic institution. The organisation is Muslim-owned (founded and majority-owned by Muslims), or it is a Muslim institution or charity whose mission is clearly Islamic. Halal certification of a product is not, on its own, enough.
• Gate 2 — Product and conduct. Ownership alone is not enough. We do not take on campaigns for products or services involving interest-based lending or earning (riba), gambling or games of chance (maysir), leveraged or speculative trading products marketed to retail consumers, alcohol, dating or matrimonial-matching apps, or content that is deceptive or immodest — regardless of who owns the organisation. We also decline businesses with an unresolved record of misusing user data: an app that betrays its users’ trust cannot borrow a creator’s.

We apply these gates when a brand enters our pipeline, not at the negotiating table. If we decline a partnership, we do so respectfully and, where we can, we point the brand toward alternatives.

Creators. We represent Muslim creators whose work is about halal money, investing, and personal finance. Creators in other categories may be considered when they have already published finance-related content. We do not sign general channels on a promise they might cover it later. We look for honesty and modesty, and a genuine audience (consistent output, real engagement, trust between creator and viewer), not a particular follower count — because that trust is precisely what ethical sponsorship depends on.

2. How we charge

We are a brokerage. Our fee is a commission of 20–30% of deals we source, agreed in writing with the creator before any pitching begins. Creators always know their exact payout. Brands always know the total campaign price. There are no hidden markups and no undisclosed spreads. We do not take a fee on campaigns we did not source. Representation is non-exclusive, and either party can end it with 14 days’ notice.

3. How deals are done

• Everything in writing before work starts. Deliverables, platform, format, length, deadlines, revision rounds, usage rights, and payment terms are fixed in a signed campaign agreement. Ambiguity causes disputes; we remove it up front.
• Truthful promotion, always. Every campaign brief specifies what may be claimed about a product — and what may not. We replace hype with checkable statements, and we review every draft before the brand sees it. We will not facilitate a claim we know to be false, for any client, at any price.
• Disclosure, always. Every sponsored placement we arrange is clearly disclosed as such (#ad), meeting both advertising law (FTC, ASA, and equivalents) and the plain duty of honesty to the audience.
• Payment terms that protect everyone. Standard terms are 50% on signing and 50% on publication. We do not operate on credit, we do not charge or pay interest, and we do not hold client funds longer than the transaction requires.

4. What creators can hold us to

• You are paid within 7 days of publication. Not when it’s convenient — within seven days, every time.
• You will never be pitched a brand that fails our gates. If it reaches your inbox from us, it has already been screened.
• You will never be asked to say something untrue or to present a product in a way you cannot stand behind.
• Your rate is your rate. You see the full numbers of every deal we bring you. Our commission is agreed with you in writing before we pitch.

5. What brands can hold us to

• Vetted, honest data. Creator statistics we present are based on verifiable medians, not best-case screenshots.
• A developer’s eye on your product. Qist Partners is run by a programmer; finance apps and platforms are vetted by someone who can actually evaluate what your product does before we put a creator’s trust behind it.
• Problems disclosed early. If a campaign hits trouble — a delay, an underperformance — you hear it from us first, with a proposed remedy attached, not after you notice.
• One point of contact, one invoice, whether the campaign is one creator or several.

6. Why these standards exist

We believe commerce is worship done correctly: the truthful merchant is blessed, hidden defects void that blessing, and a fee earned by honest brokerage is a clean earning. These standards are not a marketing document — they are the conditions under which this business is worth running. If a deal cannot be done within them, we don’t do the deal.

Questions about our standards, or a partnership that fits them: hello@qistpartners.com