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Done-for-you research-peptide brand builds

Own A Peptide Brand. We Build The Whole Operation And Hand You The Keys.

Storefront, back office, affiliate program, payments and shipping. Built on your domain, in your accounts, with your own merchant account.

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A few short questions, then pick a time for your call.

  • Your domain, your accounts, your own merchant account.
  • Target window: 14 business days from kickoff to a live storefront. A target, not a warranty.
  • Research-use-only compliance built into the copy, the catalog and the checkout.

Why brands get shut down

Peptide Brands Die On Infrastructure, Not Product.

The product is rarely what takes a brand down. It is the rails underneath it: payments, platform rules and traffic.

1

Pooled payments

When your sales run through someone else's merchant account, your money sits in a pool with other brands. When that account goes down, every brand on it goes down together.

2

One wrong sentence

A product page that says what a compound does, who it is for or how it is used stops looking like a research supplier. That is the language that gets processors, platforms and ad accounts shut off.

3

Paid ads

Paid Meta advertising is barred for research-use-only peptide brands. A launch plan that depends on it is a plan you cannot run.

A Hardproof build is designed around all three.

What we build

The Whole Operation, Not Just A Website.

Hardproof is a software company. We build a complete, custom, research-use-only peptide store and deliver it on your domain and in your accounts. Every build includes all seven of these.

  1. 1

    Custom storefront

    Designed for your brand. Not a template reskin.

  2. 2

    Admin command center

    Orders, catalog, inventory with a reorder engine, customers, analytics and P&L in one place.

  3. 3

    Native affiliate engine

    Per-affiliate commission rates, downline overrides, an affiliate portal with logins, and link attribution so the right person gets paid.

  4. 4

    Your own merchant account

    We place payment processing in your name. Payments are never aggregated through Hardproof.

  5. 5

    Fulfillment wiring

    The store is wired to a 3PL through ShipStation, so paid orders flow to the warehouse that ships them.

  6. 6

    Compliance built in

    An 18+ age gate, with research-use-only compliance built into the copy, the catalog and the checkout.

  7. 7

    Handover pack

    Your accounts are transferred to you, with a handover pack. The store is yours.

Built on Next.js, Supabase and Vercel. The same build Blake runs his own store on.

Not in the build

  • Ads and traffic. Media buying, ad-account management and ad spend are out of scope. Hardproof does not drive traffic under the build agreement.
  • Product. You source it. Hardproof does not sell, hold or ship compounds.
  • Subscriptions. No recurring billing anywhere in the build; the processor bans it. Retention runs on replenishment emails and loyalty tiers.
  • Approval guarantees. Underwriting is the processor's decision, not ours.
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Selling without ads

Built To Sell Through Affiliates, Not Ad Accounts.

Paid ads are the wrong tool in a category where ad accounts get banned. Every Hardproof build ships with its own affiliate program, built in rather than bolted on, so you can run affiliates from day one.

  • Every affiliate on their own commission rate, and you can change it any time.
  • Downline overrides: an affiliate who recruits affiliates earns on their recruits.
  • An affiliate portal, with a login and a dashboard for each affiliate.
  • Link attribution that tracks who sent the sale, so the right person gets paid.

The build gives you the engine. Recruiting affiliates and driving traffic is your side.

Real Operators. Real Numbers.

These are screenshots of what specific operators reported on their own stores, for the 30-day period shown on each one. Research use only. Not typical, and not a promise of what you will do.

Swipe or scroll sideways to see all 11. Tap one to open it full size.

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How a build runs

From Application To Handoff.

  1. 1

    Apply

    A few short questions. They tell both of us whether this is a fit before anyone spends time on a call.

  2. 2

    Call

    Pick a time on the same page. On the call we walk through the build, the price and the terms, including the parts people don't love.

  3. 3

    Agreement and invoice

    Blake sends the build agreement and the invoice. No work starts until the first payment clears.

  4. 4

    Kickoff

    You send brand inputs, product data, content and verification documents. Kickoff is the day we have everything.

  5. 5

    Build

    From kickoff we work to a 14-business-day target window. It is a target, not a warranty. Two rounds of consolidated written revisions are included.

  6. 6

    Handoff

    Your storefront live on your domain, your accounts transferred to you, and the handover pack delivered.

  7. 7

    After launch

    Twelve months of founder-level advisory from launch. Business advice from Blake, Monday to Friday, by scheduled call or in writing.

Blake Mathews, founder of Hardproof

Meet The Founder

Blake Mathews

Founder, Hardproof LLC

Blake got debanked by 3 major banks and nearly watched his own storefront get pulled before he figured out compliance the hard way. Now he builds peptide brands for other people and hands over the keys.

  • Took his own brand from $4,200 to $250k a month (research use only, real documented result, not typical)
  • Runs his own store on the same build you get.
  • Every build is founder-led, with twelve months of founder-level advisory after launch.
Peptide Brands Built
45+
Active Affiliates On One Brand
500
Paid Ads Run
0

Is this for you

Who This Is For, And Who It Isn't.

A fit if

  • You already sell research peptides and your current store is fighting you.
  • You run a supplement or ecommerce brand and want to enter the category the right way.
  • You run a clinic or lab and want a direct-to-researcher line.
  • You have an audience or an affiliate network and want your own brand instead of a commission.
  • You can fund a five-figure build and be the merchant of record in your own company's name.

Not a fit if

  • You want product pages that say what a compound does, who should take it or how.
  • You want subscriptions or recurring billing.
  • You need someone to guarantee processor approval, a launch date or a result.
  • You want ads or traffic included in the build.
  • You are shopping on price alone.
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Your Questions, Answered.

How fast is the store live?
The target window is 14 business days from kickoff to a live storefront. Kickoff is the later of the agreement date or the day we have all your materials, and no work starts before the first payment clears. The agreement treats timelines as targets, not warranties, so it is the window we work to, not a date we guarantee.
Do you run ads or drive traffic?
No. Hardproof does not drive traffic under the build agreement, and media buying, ad-account management and ad spend are out of scope. Paid Meta advertising is barred for research-use-only peptide brands, so do not build a launch plan that depends on it. What every build does include is a native affiliate engine.
Who owns the store and the merchant account?
You do. The store is built on your domain and in your accounts, and the accounts are transferred to you at handoff with the handover pack. The merchant account is in your name. Payments are never aggregated through Hardproof.
Can you get me approved for payment processing?
No, and be careful with anyone who says they can. We place you with processors that underwrite this category; the approval decision is the processor's, not ours. What we control is that the placement is in your name, in your own merchant account.
Do I need a peptide or chemistry background?
No. You are buying a build and running a business. We do not describe what compounds do, and neither will your store. What goes in the catalog, and where you source it, is your side.
Do you supply the product?
No. We build and deliver the store and wire fulfillment to a 3PL. Sourcing product is yours.
Is this legal?
Hardproof is a software company. We build and deliver a store, and selling the build is ordinary business-to-business software work. The restrictions bite the moment anyone describes the compounds, which is why compliance is built into the copy, the catalog and the checkout. Your own regulatory position is a question for your counsel.
Is there a refund or a guarantee?
No, and we would rather you hear it now. The fee is fully earned on payment and non-refundable. Timelines are targets, not warranties. The build is delivered as is, and no figure or case study anywhere is a guarantee of results. What you do get in writing is twelve months of founder-level advisory from launch.
What support do I get after launch?
Twelve months of founder-level advisory from launch, Monday to Friday, 9 to 5 Mountain, by scheduled call or in writing. It is business advice about running the operation. It is not legal, tax or regulatory advice, and it is not a maintenance contract.

See If Your Brand Is A Fit.

Answer a few short questions and pick a time. On the call we walk you through the build, the price and the terms.

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