Newcomer preparing for a first order shortly

chonkkk said:

Before you decide anything, my advice is to go through a thread for a minimum of 50 pages.
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With so many threads out there, which ones would be the best to check out before deciding? I want to focus on the most useful ones. Thanks!
 
I'm unsure whether I'm allowed to name a specific place, given the limits outlined in this section, but there are threads about whichever provider you pick from the connections section.
 
When purchasing through a vendor marketplace, watch out — fake accounts and impersonators are out there, posing as the genuine company in order to scam people. I'm speaking from experience: it happened to me.
 
BPCon said:

Hello, I'm just getting started here. In a day or 2, I'll

be putting in my order. Does anyone have tips, or anything you'd have liked to have known beforehand?
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Hi there

I'm also new, and I'm curious — do you already know what peptides you're planning to buy? I'd like to hear which ones some of you chose for your first run.
 
Rink123 said:

I'd strongly recommend looking deeper into things like quality, testing, independent testing, and filtering — anything tied to harm reduction
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Came across a calculator that takes PES Filter Loss into account - honestly felt like hitting the jackpot with numbers.
 
Peppypepe said:

ThunderBird said:

when it comes to order #1, my own take would be to pick a seller who has a US warehouse. why? if crypto or the whole routine makes you uneasy, that route takes a lot of the pressure off — you pay, and within about 7 days you have your stuff, rather than ordering from china where it could get held up, go missing, or be seized, and on top of that you're waiting longer.
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Paying with crypto isn't an issue for me—that's my current method—but I'm interested in learning more about group buys that include testing. Right now I'm relying on vendor COAs, and I'm not fully confident in how trustworthy they are. At minimum, what I've received so far is effective, so it isn't fake
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"Bunk" is an excellent term, and it hardly ever gets used.
 
Get your money ready ahead of time

Coinbase will lock it up for roughly 7 days, so watch out for that with your bank

Move it through something like Coinbase into Trust Wallet so you pay less in fees and the transfer doesn't get marked

One more thing! Go with USDC instead of bitcoin. You'll want around $10 worth of that particular bitcoin to cover gas (fees)

Everything else should go directly into USDC on the right block chain (the gas type)
 
Vesperkay said:

Get your money ready ahead of time

Coinbase will lock it up for roughly 7 days, so watch out for that with your bank

Move it through something like Coinbase into Trust Wallet so you pay less in fees and the transfer doesn't get marked

One more thing! Go with USDC instead of bitcoin. You'll want around $10 worth of that particular bitcoin to cover gas (fees)

Everything else should go directly into USDC on the right block chain (the gas type)
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When it comes to buying and then sending payment to your vendor, would you say Coinbase is the most user-friendly option?
 
MrBeTo said:

Vesperkay said:

Get your money ready ahead of time

Coinbase will lock it up for roughly 7 days, so watch out for that with your bank

Move it through something like Coinbase into Trust Wallet so you pay less in fees and the transfer doesn't get marked

One more thing! Go with USDC instead of bitcoin. You'll want around $10 worth of that particular bitcoin to cover gas (fees)

Everything else should go directly into USDC on the right block chain (the gas type)
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When it comes to buying and then sending payment to your vendor, would you say Coinbase is the most user-friendly option?
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Since I'm located in ohh Canada, I'll share the 2 options I personally use

Shakepay

It operated through etransfer

Money was ready immediately

Zero fees

One thing: my bank froze the transfer since it involved bitcoin and similar. A phone call was all it took. The amount was 1k

The funds left but the app never showed them as received (in case this occurs for you, I'm saying it's normal)

Fixed with a phone call

Coinbase

Etransfer once again worked for me

You can TRADE the funds right away

However, trading does NOT equal WITHDRAW or SEND

Buying crypto is possible but it stays locked to your account for a week

Should you be able to wait, it's a solid choice

Once every Security Protection cleared, both Shakepay and Coinbase moved over to my Trust wallet without any issues

Hope that was useful!
 
Vesperkay said:

MrBeTo said:

Vesperkay said:

Get your money ready ahead of time

Coinbase will lock it up for roughly 7 days, so watch out for that with your bank

Move it through something like Coinbase into Trust Wallet so you pay less in fees and the transfer doesn't get marked

One more thing! Go with USDC instead of bitcoin. You'll want around $10 worth of that particular bitcoin to cover gas (fees)

Everything else should go directly into USDC on the right block chain (the gas type)
Click to expand...
When it comes to buying and then sending payment to your vendor, would you say Coinbase is the most user-friendly option?
Click to expand...
Since I'm located in ohh Canada, I'll share the 2 options I personally use

Shakepay

It operated through etransfer

Money was ready immediately

Zero fees

One thing: my bank froze the transfer since it involved bitcoin and similar. A phone call was all it took. The amount was 1k

The funds left but the app never showed them as received (in case this occurs for you, I'm saying it's normal)

Fixed with a phone call

Coinbase

Etransfer once again worked for me

You can TRADE the funds right away

However, trading does NOT equal WITHDRAW or SEND

Buying crypto is possible but it stays locked to your account for a week

Should you be able to wait, it's a solid choice

Once every Security Protection cleared, both Shakepay and Coinbase moved over to my Trust wallet without any issues

Hope that was useful!
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Oh, and one more thing!!!

Big tip, friend!

Never go straight from Coinbase or Shakepay to the seller

First move it to your own wallet, something like Trust Wallet, and only after that send it on to the seller

The guides should explain the reason, but it's mentioned there.

I believe it relates to a link back to your bank account, and also SP/CB (shakepay/coinbase) could flag it as money being sent for illegal substances

Or something along those lines

So basically;

Crypto exchange -> personal wallet -> seller
 
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