The Channel tier — disclosed, not endorsed.
Wellness centers, aesthetic medicine, telehealth providers, and independent prescribers. PepStakk™ does not vouch for what happens in the room. We vouch for the integrity of what they disclosed.
Where Stakkers actually meet a practitioner.
The Channel tier is the end of the chain — IV-therapy clinics, hormone-optimization practices, longevity programs, med spas, cosmetic dermatology offices, plastic surgery practices, telehealth providers, and independent prescribers. These are the partners a Stakker actually books. They are not Sources, they are not Compounders, they are not Distributors — they’re the people who put a vial in a Stakker’s hand. PepStakk™ lists them so Stakkers can see where their stakk is being administered and what the partner reported about their sourcing and practice.
Some Channel partners also have a peptide-specialist on staff who’s part of PepStakk™’s Clinician Network — the Review-layer directory of licensed practitioners who provide async, informational review of Stakker protocols. Where that’s the case, you’ll see a “Reviewing clinicians on staff →” indicator on the partner’s profile, and the reverse on the clinician’s. Same entity, two roles, separately vetted.
See the Clinician Network →Disclosed Channel Partner.
Restaurant-inspection analogy applies most strongly here. PepStakk™ is not a clinical regulator and does not assess medical practice. What we do is: list the partner, surface their declared source, surface their declared testing, surface their medical-director credentials, and verify that the disclosure is complete and internally consistent. PepStakk does not endorse the underlying practice. Stakkers see what the partner said, and Stakkers decide.
What we require.
Every Channel partner profile carries the following disclosed fields:
- Source category — verified 503B, verified 503A, non-verified compounding pharmacy, research-only supplier, in-house compounding, peptide reference standards, or other.
- Source identity — name and country of origin.
- Testing partner performs — identity, purity by HPLC, endotoxin, sterility, heavy metals — and which they actually perform versus skip.
- Third-party testing documentation — uploaded COAs, lab name, date.
- Partner attestation — intended use, patient consent practices.
- Channel-specific scoring (100 pts) — Medical director credentials 25 / Source pharmacy verification 25 / State licensing & scope of practice 20 / Patient safety protocols 15 / Marketing claims compliance 15.
What we don’t claim.
- PepStakk™ does not endorse the medical practice at any Channel partner.
- PepStakk does not assess clinical decisions, off-label choices, or scope-of-practice judgments.
- PepStakk does not replace the partner’s own informed-consent process.
Hard disqualifiers.
- Active state medical board action against the medical director.
- Documented off-label marketing violations.
- Refusal to disclose source — a hard disqualifier even if the source is verified.
How a Channel-tier listing is marked.
Channel listings render in two states: standalone (badge + outline only) and with affiliated reviewing clinicians on staff (badge + outline + “Reviewing clinicians on staff →” indicator).