01
VERIFY
AlexiosTM evaluates the merchant, business model, and compliance requirements before payment access is enabled.
THE STANDARD
BEHIND
TRUSTED
COMMERCE.
Card processing for research-use-only peptide stores. AlexiosTM scans your site for free, lists every issue a processor would flag, and connects you to Stripe under your own account once you pass.
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NEW VENTURES WELCOMED
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TRUSTED COMMERCE
WHO THIS IS FOR
US stores that sell research-use-only (RUO) peptides and have been turned down, shut down, or never tried to apply for card processing. New stores are welcome. There is no minimum volume and no processing history required.
THE MECHANISM
02
CONNECT
Approved merchants connect to a supported payment processor through AlexiosTM while maintaining their own processor relationship.
03
GOVERN
AlexiosTM sits between commerce and payments, enforcing compliance controls, monitoring transactions, and applying platform fees as business moves through the system. That monitoring also detects suspicious transaction patterns early to help reduce chargeback risk.
MERCHANT
The business, its customers, and its processor relationship.
ALEXIOSTM
The compliance layer governing the connection.
WHAT THE FREE SCAN CHECKS
Product language and claims. Disclaimers. Who can buy (buyer gating). Checkout. Policy pages. Supporting documents. Every issue comes back marked Blocking (must fix before you connect) or Advisory (should fix). See everything we check
WHAT APERTURE IS, AND WHAT IT IS NOT
Aperture is not a payment processor and never holds your money. Stripe processes your payments and pays your own bank account directly. Aperture's job is to get your site ready for Stripe's rules, connect you through our platform, and keep checking your site every week after you're live.
CAN PEPTIDE STORES USE STRIPE?
Yes, with conditions. Stripe's own published rule says research peptides "may be sold on Stripe as long as there are preventive measures in place to ensure these are not accessible to those who would purchase research chemicals for nonresearch purposes." Most stores fail on that condition. AlexiosTM is built to check it. Read the full guide
INSIGHTS
OCTOBER 2026
What the FDA flagged in its warning letter to Royal Peptides
OCTOBER 2026
Why the FDA looked past research-use disclaimers in three peptide letters
OCTOBER 2026
The wording pattern behind the August 2026 peptide warning letters
The standard admits no concealment.
Aperture does not disguise merchants, products, or transactions. Alexios reviews what a merchant actually sells and how it is presented, and it does not help any business conceal what it sells from a processor's review.
Account decisions rest solely with the processor, under its own underwriting standards. An Alexios review is compliance guidance, not a determination of eligibility.
THE COMPLIANCE INFRASTRUCTURE
BEHIND REGULATED COMMERCE.