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Peptide shipping, handling and returns
Cutoffs, USPS costs, tracking, and the honest version of what happens to a peptide in transit.
Dispatch
| Order placed | Dispatched | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Before 12 PM Pacific, business day | Same business day | Verified in-stock SKUs |
| After 12 PM Pacific | Next business day | — |
| Weekend or public holiday | Next business day | — |
That is a dispatch commitment, not a delivery promise. Transit time belongs to the carrier and we will not quote a delivery date we do not control.
Cost
Every order ships USPS from Santa Ana. USPS Ground Advantage is free on orders over $150, measured on the subtotal after any volume discount or code. Below the threshold it is a flat $15, whatever your ZIP. Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express are available on any order at the USPS price for your ZIP plus $5, and Priority is never less than $18 where that would undercut Ground. The checkout shows the exact figure for your address before you place the order; the ranges below are for a parcel under one pound, which is nearly every order, at USPS prices effective July 12, 2026.
| Service | Southern California | Rest of the West | Central | East Coast | Typical transit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USPS Ground Advantage | $15 (free over $150) | $15 (free over $150) | $15 (free over $150) | $15 (free over $150) | 2 to 5 business days |
| USPS Priority Mail | $18 | $15.40 to $18 | $17.97 to $19.47 | $20.08 to $20.22 | 1 to 3 business days |
| USPS Priority Mail Express | $36.11 | $36.86 to $39.19 | $43.18 to $45.99 | $48.91 to $52.63 | Overnight to most addresses |
Tracking, on every order
Every parcel carries a USPS tracking number. It is emailed the day the order leaves, and as USPS scans the parcel you get a further email at each step: on its way, out for delivery, delivered. The number works on usps.com at any time. Order updates go to the email and mobile number given at checkout and to nothing else.
How the material travels, honestly
Peptides ship as sealed lyophilized powder, which is the whole reason the category can ship at all. Dry solid sits in a far slower degradation regime than solution and tolerates several days of ambient transit without drama. The industry habit of implying every vial needs a cold chain sells insulation more than it protects material.
What does matter is what happens when the parcel arrives. A vial that has been in a cold hold and is opened straight into a warm room takes up condensation immediately, and a lyophilized cake is hygroscopic enough to absorb it before anyone notices. Let a sealed vial reach room temperature before breaking the seal. The storage and stability guide covers the chemistry and the arithmetic.
Packaging
Vials ship sealed, cushioned and in opaque outer packaging with no compound names on the exterior. Each parcel carries its packing record listing SKUs, sizes and lot identifiers where those are populated, so the shipment can be reconciled against the order and against the product records without contacting us.
Where we ship from, and where to
Every order leaves one building: 1403 N Tustin Ave, Santa Ana, California, in central Orange County. We ship throughout the United States from that address on the terms above. The cutoff is the same whether the parcel is going to Irvine or to Maine; what changes with distance is the carrier's transit, which its tracking states and we do not.
Southern California is a short ground haul from Santa Ana, and four pages describe delivery to each part of it and name the cities they cover: Orange County, our home county and the one place an order can be collected by arrangement instead of shipped; Los Angeles and Ventura County; the Inland Empire, meaning San Bernardino and Riverside counties out to the Coachella Valley; and San Diego County. None of them describes an office anywhere but Santa Ana, because there is not one. If you arrived here from a search for peptides near me, that page says plainly what we are and are not.
A laboratory in Orange County can collect a paid order at the Santa Ana address during business hours instead of having it shipped. Email support with the order number and a person confirms a time. It is a handover of the same sealed parcel and packing record the carrier would have taken; there is no counter and nothing is opened on site.
International destinations are not offered at present. Research chemicals cross borders under each country's own import rules and carrier restrictions, and we would rather decline an order than ship one we cannot honestly say will arrive.
Returns — all sales are final
Research chemicals do not come back. Once a vial leaves a controlled chain of custody there is no honest way to restock it, whatever its seal looks like, so we do not accept returns and no returned material ever re-enters inventory. A policy that pretends otherwise is a policy for reselling vials of unknown history, and that is the practice this whole catalog exists in opposition to.
Anything that arrives damaged, incorrect, or not matching its lot record is replaced or refunded in full, including shipping. Photograph the parcel and the vial and contact us within 72 hours of delivery.
If an independent lab tests one of our vials and the result does not match the certificate for that lot (the wrong compound, purity below 99%, or net content below 85% of the labeled amount), we refund the full price of that lot's vials on your order, back to the original payment method. Send us the lab's report naming the lot number, from an independent laboratory or a Finnrick result. There is no time limit and no return is needed. Details on the return policy.
An order can be canceled for a full refund any time before its tracking number is generated. After dispatch it is a shipment, and the all-sales-final terms apply.
Common questions
When does my order ship?
Is shipping free?
How do I track my order?
Does lyophilized material need cold shipping?
Can I return a research chemical?
FOR LABORATORY AND IN-VITRO RESEARCH USE ONLY. NOT FOR HUMAN OR ANIMAL CONSUMPTION. NOT FOR PERSONAL, MEDICAL, DIAGNOSTIC, THERAPEUTIC, OR RECREATIONAL USE.
