1 A setter is a salesperson in charge of first contact and lead qualification. A closer is the one who finalises the sale, usually over the phone. Both are generally paid on commission only, with no base salary.

2 Interdiction de gérer: a sanction handed down by French commercial courts that bars a person from managing, running or controlling any company, here for ten years, together with a personal bankruptcy ruling (faillite personnelle). The closest UK equivalent is a director disqualification.

3 Collectif AVI (Aide aux Victimes d'Influenceurs), a French association founded in 2022 and specialised in defending the victims of influencers. It notably filed a complaint against Marc Blata, a French influencer targeted by scam complaints.

4 Under French press law, anyone named in an article has a statutory right of reply (droit de réponse): the publication has to print their response. Consider this his.