How to start peptide business in the UK?
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@Alpha Helica Peptides Manufacturing? Wholesaling? B2B? B2C?
Are you competing with these guys: https://www.peptides.co.uk/
Are you competing with these guys: https://www.peptides.co.uk/
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Body builders. It's a growth hormone. But not in the UK.Who the ££££ is going to want to buy that
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What a Peptide ?
As hormones, peptides such as insulin help lower blood pressure. Peptides have applications in both medicine and cosmetics. For instance, there are antibacterial peptides and collagen peptides.What a Peptide ?
Our best-selling weight-loss peptides: reta/sema/tirze; Melanocyte-stimulating peptide: MT1/MT2; BPC157/TB500/GHK-CU for treating joint pain and back injuries. Wait a moment.
I have been working in the peptide industry for five years. Our main clientele is the American market. This is not popular in the UK yet, but I believe it will become popular sooner or later.
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I'm no medical expert but assuming Google knows more than me, it appears you can get these in the UK.
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That hardly surprises me! Americans take medication because it's Tuesday. They learn to take pills as children and there are special pills advertised on television for children - Pop-a-Choc and St. Joseph. We find that kind of thing perverse!
The US and the various European markets are very, very different. We shop differently. We buy different products. We drive different cars. We even eat different food and use a knife and fork differently!
If you are in any doubt about the differences, just study what happened to Walmart in the UK and Germany. "Tail between its legs!" in both countries - and that happened very quickly!
Doubt it! Brits tend to only pop pills and harvest injections if/when a doctor prescribes them. (The French shrug their shoulders and ignore that doctor. Germans argue.)
As for Semaglutide and Tirzepatide - a GP in the UK cannot prescribe these drugs, but must refer the patient to a specialist who can.
Retatrutide is currently undergoing later-stage human trials to showcase its effectiveness for weight loss. It’s not expected to be available on the UK market until 2026 at the earliest.
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Yes you can. But that doesn't mean it's legal. For example retatrutide is undergoing trials and if approved will be prescription only.
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I'm very glad to receive your reply and explanation!Thank you again！!
In fact, American customers also need prescriptions, and they are aware that we operate in a similar grey market. However, because the prices are too high in their own country, many people cannot afford it.
Due to the exchange rate issue, in our country they can purchase products of the same quality but at a much lower price.
I'm aware that the markets in the US and Europe are quite different. That's why over the years my customer base has always been concentrated in the US market.
However, I do have some British clients. This proves that I still have the potential to develop more clients, and there is a lot of room for my improvement.
if you know bpc157/tb500,This type of clientele mainly consists of elderly people. Due to joint problems and pain issues, after the injection, the pain can be alleviated.
Thank you again！!
In fact, American customers also need prescriptions, and they are aware that we operate in a similar grey market. However, because the prices are too high in their own country, many people cannot afford it.
Due to the exchange rate issue, in our country they can purchase products of the same quality but at a much lower price.
I'm aware that the markets in the US and Europe are quite different. That's why over the years my customer base has always been concentrated in the US market.
However, I do have some British clients. This proves that I still have the potential to develop more clients, and there is a lot of room for my improvement.
if you know bpc157/tb500,This type of clientele mainly consists of elderly people. Due to joint problems and pain issues, after the injection, the pain can be alleviated.
Thank you again！!In fact, American customers also need prescriptions, and they are aware that we operate in a similar grey market. However, because the prices are too high in their own country, many people cannot afford it.
Due to the exchange rate issue, in our country they can purchase products of the same quality but at a much lower price.
I'm aware that the markets in the US and Europe are quite different. That's why over the years my customer base has always been concentrated in the US market.
However, I do have some British clients. This proves that I still have the potential to develop more clients, and there is a lot of room for my improvement.
if you know bpc157/tb500,This type of clientele mainly consists of elderly people. Due to joint problems and pain issues, after the injection, the pain can be alleviated.
I'm very glad to receive your reply and explanation!
Thank you again！!In fact, American customers also need prescriptions, and they are aware that we operate in a similar grey market. However, because the prices are too high in their own country, many people cannot afford it.
Due to the exchange rate issue, in our country they can purchase products of the same quality but at a much lower price.
I'm aware that the markets in the US and Europe are quite different. That's why over the years my customer base has always been concentrated in the US market.
However, I do have some British clients. This proves that I still have the potential to develop more clients, and there is a lot of room for my improvement.
if you know bpc157/tb500,This type of clientele mainly consists of elderly people. Due to joint problems and pain issues, after the injection, the pain can be alleviated.
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I've got it! My target customers are those specialist doctors who can prescribe these medicines!!! How about it? We still have products such as Botox and Juvederm which are used in medical aesthetic clinics.
So my target can also are the clinics
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Thank you very much for your suggestion! However, I don't have the intention to go abroad at present. Therefore, I am more focused on exploring how to develop customers efficiently online. But still, thank you
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Because we have a price advantage, that's why my American customers place orders of several thousand bottles every month.
For the same quality products, our prices are lower than those of some clinics. Therefore, we will cooperate with some clinics.
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Surely quality is the most important thing. I'm not denying that. We can offer free samples for testing our quality. Besides, we also sell high-purity raw materials.
These are injected into the body. Therefore, I will be responsible for each client who trusts me!
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Hi Alpha Helica Peptides,
Am very interested in this myself and am exploring my own online company serving the peptide and GLP1 sales market, being in front of the coming Retatrutide launch to benefit from that market. I am UK-based (move between London and Hertfordshire) and am very interested to discuss this with you further. Could I maybe reach out and send you a DM and we can discuss this in more detail?
Best,
S
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