Why trust our lab results?
In short, you don’t need to trust us.
We are not performing these tests ourselves - we pay reputable third party labs, Cora Science and Anresco Laboratories, to run these tests and then we post their results in full. We do not make any alterations to the results besides watermarking them.
If you have any concerns about or skepticism of the results, you are free to contact Cora Science and/or Anresco Laboratories yourself. If you give them the sample ID (located on the test results report), they can confirm the validity of every number you see posted here.
Why we exist
We exist because right now there there is a plethora of misinformation and fraudulently marketed products on the market. Since the kratom space has so little regulation, there is unfortunately nothing stopping unscrupulous companies from claiming that a product contains 7-OH and/or mitragynine when in reality it does not. Our mission is to cut through the lies and keep all the vendors in the space honest about what they are selling.
Grading System
See our grading system here.
Affiliate Program
When we first came up with the vision for TestMyKratom, we didn't think too hard about how to monetize. We set aside some money for this project, and figured that when we ran out of money we would just shut things down. Hopefully, we thought, by the time we had to shut down, we would have already done our part in helping the space.
What we didn't anticipate was the outpouring of support for our project from you all. As a result, we've tried very hard to stretch our budget as long as we could and brainstorm ways to stay afloat. We've decided that the best path forward for us is to establish an affiliate program.
What exactly is an affiliate, and how is it different than a sponsor?
In an affiliate program, we post links to buy products on our website, and when a user clicks through that link and makes a purchase, we get a small portion of that revenue. This is what we are doing.
A sponsor would mean that a brand is paying us to post and feature results on our website. Rather than pay commission on click-through sales, a sponsor would pay a set fee to have their brand or products featured. We will never do this.
Which products will we allow affiliate links for?
We thought long and hard about this, and decided the best path forward is to allow any product to have an affiliate link.
Here's why: if we only allowed links for highly rated products, we would be creating an incentive structure where we could increase profit by releasing better ratings. And even though we are obviously not doctoring or withholding lab results, we do not want to create even a shadow of a doubt that we could be doing so.
In addition, our philosophy has always been that consumers should be free to consume whatever products they want. If someone looks at our website and wants to buy an "F" rated product, we say go for it. Our mission has never been to tell people what to buy; our goal has been simply to educate the public on exactly they are buying.
Why are we doing this?
We decided that this is the best path to surviving without compromising on our values and without taking any money directly from consumers. We've been asked countless times how the public can help support us. Well, now you can help by buying the same products you would usually buy, but through our links. For some of our affiliates, we are even able to help you save money by working in a TMK discount.
Finally, we want to be crystal clear on one point: we will still be posting all lab results, good and bad, of products regardless of whether they are associated with us. We have made this abundantly clear to our affiliates, and we are also not interested in partnering with anyone who would expect us to give special treatment to them.
Contact
test.my.kratom@gmail.com