How it works
Peptide.best sponsored ads let verified vendors purchase placement above organic results in three slot types. Bidding is real-time second-price auction with a $5 CPC floor. You only pay when someone clicks. Campaigns can be launched in under 5 minutes.
Slot types
| Slot | Where | Format | Typical CPC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hero sponsored card | Homepage right rail (single slot) | Product card with "SPONSORED" badge | $12–25 |
| Sponsored banner | Category page top, between deals row | Wide product banner | $8–18 |
| Sponsored row | Product detail pages, mid-page | Up to 4 related sponsored cards | $5–12 |
| Sponsored search | Search results pages | Top 1 result, "SPONSORED" tag | $6–15 |
Auction mechanics
We use a Vickrey-style second-price auction. The highest bidder wins the slot; they pay one cent above the second-highest bid (or the $5 floor, whichever is higher). This makes truthful bidding optimal — you just bid what you're willing to pay, knowing you'll usually pay less.
Targeting is by product category, peptide keyword, and (optionally) buyer cohort (e.g., users who've purchased weight-loss peptides in the last 90 days). All targeting is privacy-respecting — we don't share PII with you.
Quality score
To prevent low-quality vendors from winning slots through bid alone, every ad has a quality score based on the underlying listing's COA status, vendor reputation rating, conversion history, and click-through rate. Effective auction rank = bid × quality score. A vendor with a 4.9-star rating outperforms a 4.5-star vendor at the same bid.
Reporting
Every campaign exposes real-time metrics:
- Impressions, clicks, CTR
- Spend, CPC realized, daily/weekly/monthly
- Attributed conversions (last-click within 7 days)
- Attributed revenue, ROAS, blended ROAS across organic
- Per-slot breakdown
- Per-keyword/category performance
Reports are exportable as CSV and accessible via our API for integration with your own BI tooling.
Budgets & pacing
- Daily budget — caps spend within a day; ads stop when reached
- Monthly budget — caps spend across the month; even pacing by default
- Lifetime budget — for finite campaigns
- Pacing modes: Standard (even spread) or Accelerated (spend as fast as inventory allows)
- Pause / resume at any time, no minimum commitment
Restrictions
- You can only advertise products from your own listed catalog
- Ad creative must use the product's existing imagery and copy (no off-platform claims)
- No medical claims, no comparison-vs-competitor, no "best in class" without substantiation
- Vendors with active trust & safety issues are not eligible to advertise until resolved
- Minimum vendor rating of 4.0 stars to participate
Self-serve launch
Available to all verified vendors via the vendor portal ads page. Launch a campaign:
- Pick the product to promote
- Pick the slot type and targeting
- Set your bid (minimum $5)
- Set daily and monthly budgets
- Submit; campaign goes live within 15 minutes (subject to auto-review)
Managed campaigns
For vendors spending $20K+/month, we offer a managed-campaigns program with a dedicated account manager who handles bidding, targeting, and creative iteration. Email ads@peptide.best.
Payment
Ad spend is invoiced at end of month and deducted from your payout, or charged separately if your payout balance is insufficient. You can also pre-fund an ad balance from the vendor portal.
Questions
Email ads@peptide.best or see the FAQ. Documentation in the vendor portal at Ads.