Template Monster washed its hands of Ultravertex.com, citing Ultarvertex.com’s unethical business practices. Ultravertex.com, an image provider for webpage designers, had been a partner for some years with Template Monster. The basis of the partnership was a contract whereby Template Monster purchased an exclusive license from Ultravertex.com which entitled Template Monster customers to a free account with the image provider.

Ultravertex.com was allegedly barring Template Monster customers from downloading its graphic image files. Numerous complaints and requests sent to Ultravertex.com had gone unanswered, according to Template Monster’s customer reports. Template Monster states that it tried to investigate the situation but received no response to its several inquiries of Ultravertex.com. Additionally, Template Monster states it was recently made aware of Ultravertex.com’s alleged misuse of images that they do not own. Further, Template Monster gave notice to everyone involved that they have dissolved their partnership with Ultravertex.com and will have no further dealings with them.

Template Monster made the decision to break off the partnership agreement and believes they may well have to go to court to protect their customers and themselves. Template Monster removed all the links to Ultravertex.com from the TM webpages. And Template Monster issued a recommendation to all of its clients that they no longer use any images from Ultravertex.com.

“We are extremely upset with this situation,� says David Braun, CEO of Template Monster. “The free account with the image provider was a great bonus for our clients. Unfortunately, we have no other choice but to break off this partnership in order not to mislead our clients. We are very sorry about the situation but we do promise to provide a similar bonus for all of our clients as soon as possible.�

I personally would like to know what Template Monster will offer its customers as a replacement bonus. And, readers, if you have info on Ultravertex.com send me a comment.

Arthur Browning