How the PeptScore is calculated
Every vendor earns a single PeptScore grade from A to F. It is a weighted average of trust factors, with serious red flags capping the grade.
PeptScore grades
Excellent
85–100
Great
70–84
Good
55–69
Fair
40–54
Weak
25–39
Avoid
0–24
Lab/COA integrity
45%Third-party COA verified
Independent lab (e.g. Janoshik) verifies the Certificate of Analysis. The single strongest trust signal.
HPLC purity
Average tested purity %. 99%+ is excellent.
COA available
Any Certificate of Analysis is provided to customers.
Accredited lab partner
Testing performed by an accredited (e.g. ISO 17025) lab.
Operational
25%Domain age
Older domains are more established. 2+ years scores full.
Shipping speed
Average delivery time. ≤3 days excellent, ≥21 days poor.
Reship / guarantee policy
Vendor reships seized or lost packages.
Batch traceability
Products carry batch numbers traceable to COAs.
Payment methods
Card/escrow safer than crypto-only.
Reputation
30%Community reputation
Reddit / forum sentiment (manual 0–100 for MVP).
User reviews
Average approved user rating on Peptscore.
Editorial verdict
Our own hands-on editorial assessment.
Red-flag overrides
Some issues are serious enough to cap the score regardless of other strengths. The lowest applicable cap always wins.
Why a PeptScore can't be bought
Money never buys, raises, protects or restores a PeptScore or a ranking. A store can pay us to verifyits trust signals (independent COA & domain checks) and for presentation and reach — but verification only lets us confirm facts we otherwise can't credit. The full score is always reachable for free: supply verifiable data and your grade reflects it, whether you pay us or not. Featured placements are paid and clearly labelled, and never change a store's score or its position in the independent rankings.
Transparency matters to the score. When a store is unclaimed or its ownership, COA and shipping are opaque, those unknowns lower its transparency signals — not as a penalty for not paying, but because unverifiable claims are genuinely less trustworthy. Claiming (free) and supplying verifiable data is the cure.
Methodology v2 (2026). Weights and transparency signals are reviewed and tuned by our editorial team and may be adjusted per market. This page reflects the current global default weighting.