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§ Sample submission
Send us a sample.
Researchers send Open Assay samples from their own blind retail purchases. We test them at the same lab and under the same protocol as any assay on the site. Results are published on the vendor's supplier page with full attribution to our testing flow — never attributing the sample to you by name.
Limited capacity nowAs of April 2026, we accept samples in limited capacity through email-gated intake. Full public intake with automated submission tooling opens in Q2/Q3 2026. If you have a specific batch you'd like tested before the public rollout, email samples@openassay.org with what you have and we'll confirm whether it fits the current queue.READ FIRST → In scope
- Lyophilized powder peptides from our current coverage list (BPC-157, TB-500, semaglutide, tirzepatide, retatrutide, and others in the peptide index).
- Pre-reconstituted liquids shipped cold, if you include the full cold-chain documentation.
- Multi-vial batches from the same lot (ideal — gives us lot-consistency data).
- Samples purchased from vendors we already track on the leaderboard, or from vendors we don't yet cover (we'll add the vendor page if the sample tests cleanly).
Out of scope (for now)
- Capsules, tablets, and finished-dosage forms — we focus on raw research compounds.
- Compounding-pharmacy prescriptions (those go through a different regulatory regime).
- Samples with broken chain-of-custody documentation (no order number, no tracking).
- Samples the vendor specifically chose for you (see the rules below).
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Rules of the submission
HOW IT WORKS
You must have chosen what to send
The researcher — not the vendor — picks which vial goes to Open Assay. If the vendor selected a specific sample for you to forward, the submission is out of scope. This is the same rule Finnrick applies, for the same reason: we’re testing the supply chain as it reaches buyers, not the vendor’s best-case sample.
The sample must come from a normal retail purchase
Anything you ordered through the vendor’s regular retail channel, paying the regular price, counts. Samples the vendor sent you for free, samples from a batch you know was pulled for publicity, and samples received outside of a normal commercial transaction are out of scope.
Incentives are welcome, with one constraint
If a vendor offers to reimburse your shipping or comp a future order for sending us a sample, that is fine. The constraint: they must offer you a choice among several vials from a single batch — so you pick which one we get, not them. An incentive that comes with a specific pre-selected vial is not acceptable.
Include chain-of-custody documentation
We need: the order number, purchase date, ship-to address you used, tracking number, and the sample’s original vial and packaging as it arrived. Break a vial open and we cannot test it. Send it as it left the vendor’s warehouse.
Your identity stays confidential; the sample does not
We publish the test result, batch number, purchase date, and vendor. We do not publish the name or address of the researcher who submitted the sample, and we do not share it with the vendor. If we get a vendor objection that alleges sample tampering, we may ask your permission to share documentation with the vendor to resolve the objection — always with your consent.
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How it works today
EMAIL INTAKE
- Email first, ship later. Send a note to
samples@openassay.org with the peptide, vendor, and how many vials you're proposing to send. Don't ship anything before we reply. - We confirm it fits the queue. Current capacity is deliberately constrained. We confirm queue position and shipping instructions before any sample is in transit.
- You ship the sample and the paperwork. Vial(s) in their original packaging, plus copies of the order number, purchase date, ship-to address you used, and tracking.
- We run the assay. HPLC purity, MS identity, LAL endotoxin (reported). Results appear on the relevant supplier page with standard attribution to Open Assay testing, never to you.
- You get a heads-up before publication with the raw COA. We publish regardless of the outcome (that's the whole point), but we keep contributors in the loop.
Who pays for what
Testing is free for the submitter. You pay for shipping to us — we cover the analytical lab cost. (In the full Q2/Q3 2026 rollout, we intend to offer reimbursed shipping for samples that land in priority testing windows.)
What Q2/Q3 2026 full launch will add
- A structured web submission form at
/submit-a-sample/new that captures the chain-of-custody metadata automatically. - Tracking dashboard for contributors to see where their sample is in the queue.
- Optional reimbursed shipping for high-priority submissions (peptides and vendors we specifically want batches of).
- Integration with the ranking formula so that public-contributed samples feed the composite alongside our own blind purchases.
The integrity commitment
- We do not publish the submitter's name, shipping address, or personal details.
- We do not share submitter identity with the vendor except with written permission, and only in the course of resolving a vendor objection.
- We do not reject a sample for producing an inconvenient result. A failing sample of an affiliate-partner vendor is as publishable as any other.
- We do not accept payment from vendors to modify, suppress, or preview a sample's result.