> However it may be a risk worth taking: on the one hand, you have a distribution channel that could help you take off, but might compete with you later. If yo

> However it may be a risk worth taking: on the one hand, you have a distribution channel that could help you take off, but might compete with you later. If you're worried about this, then you should also worry that competitors might compete with you anyway, whether or not you use their distribution channels. The real question to consider is whether using their channel makes them more likely to compete with your or less, weighed against the other tradeoffs.