Field guide

Plain-English guides to building a compliant peptide brand

How the mechanics actually work: what's legal, what a customer costs, how fulfilment and payments go. New guides land here as we write them.

Compliance
August 2026

Is it legal to sell research peptides online?

Yes, if the store is built and marketed for research use only. Here's what that means in practice, and what a compliant store has in it.

Unit economics
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What does it cost to get a peptide customer?

The dollar cost is affordable on these margins. Which channels will take your money is the harder question.

Unit economics
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When does buying by the kit start beating dropship?

A kit is ten vials paid for up front and a much lower price per vial. Where the crossover sits, and what it costs you to be wrong about it.

Traffic
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Who brings the customers, channel by channel

Where traffic comes from for a research-peptide store, and what works once the big ad platforms are closed to you.

Products
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GLP-1s and the research-peptide market

Semaglutide and tirzepatide are the demand wave. What carrying them means if you're starting now.

Operations
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Payment processing for research-peptide stores, explained

Why checkout is where these stores fail, and what a workable payment setup looks like.

Fulfillment
Coming soon

Dropship, 3PL, or your own stock

Three ways to get an order to a customer, with very different amounts of work and margin attached. How to pick the one that suits where you are.

Don't want to wait for the guide?

The catalog, the calculators and the compliance standards are already up.