Comment · Tue, January 19, 2021 · ND Owner
Why doesn’t ND sell semax?
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mcied · 5 points
I’m just curious. I’m assuming it has something to do with the bank. Wish ND sold the pure powder so I could suspend my own nasal solution.
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Silver-Interaction-2 · 2 points
Science.bio is doing just fine selling peptides so I don't understand why did they have to close Ceretropic
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
They only have card processing through South Africa, not the US. It charges you in South African Rand, not USD. We tried offshore processors on Ceretropic. Card approval rates were insanely low. Chargeback rates were really high. Fees were insane. Our support team was overloaded with people who had trouble paying. We had hundreds of thousands of dollars stolen from us by shady processing banks outside the US. I know science.bio has as well. It's part of the industry on the offshore high risk card processing industry. It was not sustainable for us. I never wanted to run a company that had to constantly hide and shift things around all the time to stay in business. I want to build something legitimate that will force change in the industry.
We are FDA registered and inspected now. We are members of the AHPA. We are members of the AOAC. We are currently in the process of our lab being ISO certified. We will be NSF certified soon as well. None of that could have happened with Ceretropic selling peptides. We are legitimately building something good within the bounds of the current system, not laying low and hoping nobody will notice us like with Ceretropic. Plus, I don't have to wake up every morning fearing a call that we were dropped by a bank or processor anymore. The mental toll that took on me was immense. Knowing when to pivot and shift focus is just as crucial as anything else, and it was just time for me to shift our focus to the real goal I wanted to accomplish. Looking back years later, it was absolutely the right decision for us. We are stronger and more advanced now than I ever could have dreamed when I started Ceretropic in 2013, and we are only getting started! I am building an extremely technologically advanced analytical lab with some of the smartest people in the world in it. I wake up every day excited about what we will accomplish, not fearing the worst. I have a dedicated team behind me all passionate about accomplishing the same goal. As much as I wish that could have all happened with Ceretropic open, it's just not reality. Sometimes you have to let go of something so that you can push forward. You can't climb a ladder without letting go of the lower rungs along the way.