James | 9th Life@_9th_Life_
I have a lot of dudes hitting me up about starting peptide companies…
Mostly personal friends, gym bro types who just got into peptides this year.
My advice is unilaterally the same: don’t do it.
The market is way too saturated, and most guys getting in for the money are going to skip the crucial steps that actually make a peptide business work.
Like I get it lol. You’re excited. You saw results on reta. But running a proper business is way harder than people imagine.
With a Claude license it’s easy to vibe code a storefront, find a Chinese plug, and dropship peptides. But running a legit operation with compliance, quality control, testing? Not so much.
What I’d actually do instead:
Don’t focus on selling peptides. Focus on building something innovative AROUND the industry. We need more of this. Think to yourself “how can I make this industry better?”
COA verification layer and authentication, like what Res Labs is doing. There are so many unexplored angles in this space that I can’t even list them all.
And it doesn’t have to be tech forward.
If you’re a jacked dude with a personal training background, become a GLP-1 coach. Not managing protocols, but building diet and training programs so people don’t waste away all their muscle while they’re on it. That market is massive and wide open.
Don’t treat this industry like a get rich quick scheme.
There is so much money to be made adjacent to the peptide industry that people are overlooking because they’re tunnel visioned on selling vials.
