Vendor rules: bonds, blind FE and the feature set
DrugHub's vendor culture is “prove it, don't pitch it”. Applications are reviewed case by case with no queue guarantees, and the entire trust economy runs on cryptographic history rather than reputation screenshots.
Getting in: application and bond
Applications are manual and judged individually. Post-collapse, volume is “extreme” (2026-09-18 announcement): a bond is required in most cases, and waivers are granted only against an independently verifiable PGP vending history — signed identities from another market, not screenshots and not stories. Free Expert status is pure staff discretion with unpublished criteria; the announcement adds the practical warning: repeated FE asking after a denial risks rejection of everything.
| Item | Rule |
|---|---|
| Application | Manual, case by case, no public queue or timeframe |
| Bond | Required most cases; waiver only via verifiable PGP history |
| FE status | Staff discretion; criteria not published; asking = risk |
| Private mirrors | Two per vendor, session-bound; sharing = permanent ban |
| Employees | Sub-accounts without key sharing; no access to settings, logs, ledger |
The operational toolkit
Approved vendors in good standing run: bulk listing quick-edit that bypasses re-moderation (abuse revokes it — 2026-09-03), suggested keywords per category with performance data, custom private listings for regulars, quick replies, bulk quantities, auto-sweep scheduling, and employee sub-accounts that never require sharing your PGP key — employees see orders, not your settings, logs or ledger. Orders auto-finalise on vendor-set timers between 5 and 45 days; disputes without staff exist for the clean majority. Chats (order, vendor, support) are E2EE — use the money flows documentation alongside the encryption helpers (v1.4, Go and Python, source-only via ticket, PGP-signed releases; tested on Qubes/Whonix).
The line you don't cross
The rules are short and the enforcement is financial. Prohibited: weapons (body armour allowed), fentanyl and RC analogues, poisons, stolen law-enforcement/government data, stolen school/hospital data, how-to tutorials, account transfers, get-rich-quick signals; paid porn accounts are explicitly fine. Ship from the country you advertise, describe items accurately (the order snapshot keeps you honest — bait-and-switch has no defence), no keyword abuse, no off-market deals, no doxxing (tracking numbers are sensitive data), no circumventing restrictions. RF/CIS is the absolute: selling to, from or about the Russian Federation and CIS — goods, data, or “research” routed through — is a permanent ban with no appeal and forfeiture of pending balances (2026-08-31 reminder). Penalties ladder: warning, fine, permanent ban.
Support reality for vendors
Tickets plus automated pages resolve over 99.5% of issues (2026-09-16). There is no expedite, no external channel, and no staff presence on any forum — see the FAQ. File one precise ticket per issue; “just checking” tickets delay everyone's queue including yours.