The 7OH category grew quickly, and the number of websites selling it grew faster than the number of vendors actually testing what they ship. Here is how to tell the difference before you spend money.
The seven-point vendor check
1. Do they publish per-batch lab results?
Not a generic PDF hosted once in 2024. Per-batch, with a batch number you can match to your packaging. This is the single most reliable quality signal in the entire category. Ours are on the Lab Results page.
2. Is the milligram stated per unit?
“100mg 7OH” is meaningless if you cannot tell whether that is per tablet or per package. A vendor who will not state the per-unit figure is either disorganised or hiding something. See how to read a label.
3. Are the policies real?
Look for a shipping policy with an actual dispatch cutoff, a refund policy with actual conditions, and terms that name a business entity. Vague or missing policies mean no accountability. Ours: shipping, returns, terms.
4. Do they make health claims?
This is the fastest test of all. If the site says the product relieves pain, treats anxiety, boosts energy or replaces anything, the vendor is either breaking the law or does not know it. Both are bad signs for product quality. We publish a health disclaimer instead.
5. Is there a real way to contact them?
An email address that reaches a person, a stated support window, and a contact page that is not a form with no address. Try emailing before you buy. Response quality tells you a lot.
6. Is the business identifiable?
A company name, a location, and consistent branding across the site and packaging. Anonymous storefronts disappear with your money and reappear under a new domain.
7. Are the prices plausible?
Suspiciously cheap usually means unverified. Suspiciously expensive usually means positioned as luxury. Honest pricing sits in the middle and is defensible with the arithmetic in our cost per milligram guide.
Red flags that should end the purchase
- No age verification of any kind on a 21+ product
- Health claims anywhere on the site
- No batch numbers on packaging
- A COA that lists no laboratory name, or names a lab that does not exist
- Pressure tactics – “last chance before it’s banned” – designed to stop you thinking
- No physical address or company entity anywhere
- Reviews that are all five stars and all written in the same voice
How to verify a lab report
- Check the batch number matches your packaging.
- Check the test date – recent is good.
- Check the lab is real and independent. Search for it.
- Look for a measured result, not a restatement of the label claim.
- Check the purity panels: heavy metals, microbiology, residual solvents.
More detail in how to request and read a COA and how to spot a fake lab report.
Why we talk about this at all
Because a buyer who has been burned once tends to leave the category entirely, and that is bad for everyone selling honestly. The more people check lab reports and milligram labels, the harder it is for unverified sellers to compete.
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