Nootropic Source review: is it legit?
Live Transparency score 30 Visit nootropicsource.com
Our findings in brief
In short: Nootropic Source scores 30/100, higher than 30% of the 192 active vendors we track. It's #64 on our best peptide vendors list.
We haven't lab-tested anything from Nootropic Source, so this covers public evidence only, not product quality. As of Oct 15, 2026:
What checks out
- Domain registered 10.8 years ago
What's missing or unverified
- No COAs found on its site
- No company name or address published
- No terms page found
- No card or PayPal payment stated (lists only ACH and crypto, none of which carry buyer protection)
Across 4 peptides that at least three vendors sell, its best prices are typically 59% above the median (1 of 4 below). Compare its prices.
At a glance
- Website
- nootropicsource.com
- Status
- Live
- Domain registered
- Dec 28, 2015 (10.8 years ago)
- Registrar
- Internet Domain Service BS Corp
- Domain expires
- Nov 2, 2035
- First archived
- No archive found
- Shop platform
- WooCommerce
- Ships to (stated)
- Canada, Australia, worldwide
- Payment (stated)
- ACH, Crypto
- COAs
- None found
- Research-use disclaimer
- Yes
- Traffic rank (Tranco)
- Outside the top 1 million
Transparency checks
Six checks of public information, worth 100 points. The score measures openness, not product quality. How we score.
| Check | What we found | Points | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domain age | Registered Dec 28, 2015 (10.8 years old) | 20/20 | Registry record |
| Public certificates of analysis | No COAs found on the site | 0/25 | Where we looked |
| Independent lab named on COAs | No independent lab named | 0/10 | |
| Business identity | No company name or address found | 0/15 | |
| Shipping, refund and terms pages | Found: shipping and refund only | 10/15 | Shipping · Refund · Where we looked for terms |
| Card or PayPal payment (buyer protection) | Site lists only ACH and crypto, none with buyer protection | 0/15 | ACH · Crypto |
Total: 30/100. All six checks completed.
Nootropic Source prices compared
The lowest price per milligram at Nootropic Source for each peptide, against the median listing across all vendors we track. Rank 1 = cheapest vendor for that peptide.
| Peptide | Nootropic Source $/mg | Median $/mg | vs median | Price rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesamorelin | $12.47/mg | $6.62/mg | +88% | 77th of 78 |
| Ipamorelin | $6.99/mg | $5.42/mg | +29% | 59th of 77 |
| Epitalon | $1.000/mg | $3.00/mg | −67% | 2nd of 75 |
| Sermorelin | $14.97/mg | $7.50/mg | +100% | 61st of 62 |
Price index: 1.59 (1.00 = market median; lower is cheaper), across 4 peptides sold by 3+ vendors.
All Nootropic Source listings (7)
| Peptide | Product | Size | Price | $/mg | Stock | Vendor's page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epitalon | 100 mg | $100 | $1.000/mg | View | ||
| Epitalon | 20 mg | $35 | $1.75/mg | View | ||
| Ipamorelin | 10 mg | $65 | $6.50/mg | Out of stock | View | |
| Ipamorelin | 5 mg | $35 | $6.99/mg | View | ||
| Ipamorelin | 2 mg | $18 | $8.75/mg | View | ||
| Sermorelin | 2 mg | $30 | $14.97/mg | View | ||
| Tesamorelin | 2 mg | $25 | $12.47/mg | View |
Alternatives to Nootropic Source
Live vendors selling the same peptides as Nootropic Source, ranked by transparency score. Payments from vendors never affect this order.
| # | Vendor | Status | Transparency | Prices tracked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pure Peptide Labs | 90 | 44 | |
| 2 | Nationwide Peptides | 85 | 38 | |
| 3 | Mile High Compounds | 85 | 2 | |
| 4 | Go Alpha Labs | 83 | 47 | |
| 5 | Evolve BioPep | 83 | 27 |
Is something wrong?
If you run Nootropic Source, or you have evidence that something here is out of date, email [email protected] with a link to the evidence. We re-check within five business days and log every change on our corrections page.
Evidence we used (19)
- Domain: peptideprotocolwiki.com/vendors/nootropic-source (directory profile lists this website)
- Site status: nootropicsource.com (HTTP 200)
- Shop platform: nootropicsource.com (page source contains 'wc-block')
- Shipping policy: nootropicsource.com/shipping (policy page found and readable)
- Refund policy: nootropicsource.com/returns (policy page found and readable)
- Terms page: nootropicsource.com (no terms policy page linked from the homepage)
- Research-use disclaimer: nootropicsource.com/contact ("Select Subject Please note, our products are meant for laboratory research use only, not for human or clinical use.…")
- Shipping regions: nootropicsource.com/shipping ("Free Shipping On Orders Over $150 *USA ONLY Powders Nootropic Powders SARM Powders Other Powders Solutions Nootropic Solutions SARM Solutions Other…")
- Payment methods: nootropicsource.com/faqs (ach: 'If you submitted an order and selected eCheck as the payment method, please allow 5-7 business days (in some c')
- Payment methods: nootropicsource.com (crypto: payment icon 'bitcoin_cash.png' on homepage)
- Contact email: nootropicsource.com/faqs ([email protected])
- COAs: nootropicsource.com (no COA page, document or mention found on the pages checked)
- Domain registration: Domain registry record (RDAP) (rdap: created Dec 28, 2015, expires Nov 2, 2035, registrar Internet Domain Service BS Corp)
- First Internet Archive copy: Internet Archive capture list (Wayback lookup failed; not checked)
- Listed by: amino.reviews/vendors/nootropic-source (listed on amino.reviews)
- Listed by: peptidebenchmark.com/vendors/nootropic-source (listed on peptidebenchmark.com)
- Listed by: peptidecritic.com/vendor/nootropic-source (listed on peptidecritic.com)
- Listed by: peptideprotocolwiki.com/vendors/nootropic-source (listed on peptideprotocolwiki.com)
- Traffic rank (Tranco): tranco-list.eu/download/daily/top-1m.csv.zip (not in Tranco's top-1M list of Oct 15, 2026)