Most agencies turn this work down or build it like a generic Shopify store and get the merchant deplatformed within a quarter. We build research-use-only eCommerce properly: COA libraries, batch tracking, age gating and copy that does not get you shut down.
Everything that makes this category work — the documentation, the disclaimers, the payment stack, the copy restrictions — is invisible to an agency that has only built clothing shops.
A certificate of analysis per batch, linked from every product page and searchable by lot number. Buyers verify before they order — make it one click.
Purity, sequence, molecular weight, storage conditions and lot number as structured product data, not free text buried in a description.
Entry verification, jurisdiction restrictions and acknowledgement of research-use-only terms before checkout completes.
Account-based pricing for labs and bulk buyers, quantity breaks, and a separate B2B request flow alongside retail.
We wire up whichever gateway approves you — high-risk card, ACH, crypto or invoicing — and build the store to present cleanly at underwriting.
RUO labelling throughout, acceptable-use and terms pages, disclaimer placement, and a copy pass that strips anything implying human use.
Drawn from building and studying the stores that lead this category. If a proposal you have been given is missing most of this list, it is a brochure site with a cart bolted on.
The product page is where a researcher decides whether you are credible.
The part that keeps the store online and the processor comfortable.
Where most stores in this category leave the majority of revenue behind.
The utilities that turn a one-off buyer into a repeat account.
Not dogma — it is about who can switch you off.
Self-hosted WooCommerce means no platform acceptable-use policy can remove your storefront overnight. Your catalogue, your server, your terms.
Connect any processor that approves you. Hosted platforms limit you to their gateway partners, most of which decline this category.
COA structures, lot fields, tiered wholesale logic and age gating are all straightforward. On locked-down platforms they become app-store compromises.
Google Ads and Meta largely will not run this category. That makes organic search and email the whole acquisition engine — and it makes technical SEO a revenue line rather than a nice-to-have.
We will build the storefront, structure the documentation, wire your approved payment stack, and build the compliance scaffolding your counsel specifies.
We will not write dosage guidance, protocols, or any copy implying human consumption; broker merchant accounts; or advise on your regulatory position. We are developers — have a lawyer who works in this category review your terms and labelling, and we will build to exactly what they specify.
The things every operator in this category asks on the first call.
Ask Us DirectlyMost research-use-only stores land between $3,500 and $9,000 depending on catalogue size, whether you need wholesale pricing tiers, and how much COA and batch documentation has to be structured. Migrations from an existing store usually sit at the lower end. You get a fixed, itemised quote before any work starts.
Usually WooCommerce. Shopify's acceptable-use policy is restrictive for research chemicals and many peptide merchants have been deplatformed mid-trading. WooCommerce on your own hosting means you own the store outright and can connect whichever high-risk gateway approves you. If your specific catalogue is Shopify-safe we will say so.
We integrate whatever gateway you are approved for — high-risk merchant accounts, ACH, crypto, invoicing — but we do not broker merchant accounts and cannot guarantee approval. That relationship is between you and the processor. What we do control is building a store that presents cleanly during underwriting review, which is where a lot of applications fall over.
A Certificate of Analysis is the third-party lab report for a batch. Serious buyers check them before ordering. We build a structured COA library — PDF per batch, linked from the product page, searchable by lot number — instead of dumping files in a media folder. It is a genuine conversion driver in this market.
We write the structural and commercial copy. We do not write dosage guidance, protocols, or anything implying human use — that is what gets stores shut down and it is outside what we will produce. Product descriptions stay factual: purity, sequence, molecular weight, storage, batch data.
We build the compliance scaffolding: research-use-only labelling throughout, age verification, terms and acceptable-use pages, geo restrictions, and copy review to strip non-compliant claims. We are web developers, not attorneys — you should have the final terms and your regulatory position reviewed by a lawyer who works in this space. We will build to whatever they specify.
Yes. We map every URL, keep the redirect chain clean, preserve product metadata and COA links, and monitor Search Console for the first month post-launch. Peptide brands often carry hard-won organic rankings and losing them is far more expensive than the build.
Yes, and it is one of the highest-value additions in this category. A calculator that works in research units keeps buyers on your site instead of a competitor's, and it is a genuine reason for people to bookmark and return. We build it as a native tool, not an embedded third-party widget.
All three. Bundles with the saving shown against individual pricing lift average order value more than any other change we make in this category. Wholesale accounts get tiered pricing and their own catalogue view, and reseller or bulk-purchase enquiries go through a separate qualified application flow rather than the retail contact form.
