CBD FAQs - Stella CBD Extracts

Frequently Asked CBD Questions

Some Common Questions

Why do some websites charge so much more then others for CBD?

This is a very important question you should know the answer to before buying any CBD product.

Let's look at a few different kinds of businesses that sell CBD products and understand why the price is what it is.

MLM Companies: Once CBD started taking off many MLM businesses all started popping up. MLM stands for (multi-level marketing) What they do is put on a seminar and invite groups of people to the meetings and get then all hyped up by telling them they can make a lot of money if they sign up and start selling their products. The hype is marketed that you join and then get others to join under you and then they get others to join and on and on. And everyone geta a small slice of the pie - money. And you get discounted products based on different leaves that you are at. This is one of the oldest marketing gimmicks that has been around for a very long time.

If you look at the real numbers they never show you most people never make much at all. They end up selling products to all their family and friends at an inflated price. The top members of the company make all the money and the majority of the rest never make much at all and many times are stuck with a lot of products they purchased to get to the next level they got talked into.

So with kind of business plan with so many people taking a cut of the money from each sale they have to jack up the price a lot to cover all the money that has to be paid out to everyone.

We would recommend staying away from any MLMs as they will always have much higher prices for products that in many are lower quality or a much lower % amount of the product.

For example, one popular MLM company sells its 750mg CBD Full Spectrum for $89 and then charges over $10 for shipping. With us, you can buy two of our 1000mg Full Spectrum bottles for around the same price and get free shipping. So you end up with 1250mg more of product.

Other Brands High Prices: Some companies when they started up did not plan well and ended up overpaying for the products they sell. It is easy to do with so many places offering wholesale CBD products. Many pay a lot for websites and ongoing website support and marketing as well to get going.

So their end product price ends up being higher as they paid to much or their business cost is too much. Some have partners to pay or loans to payback. Many things can affect why they charge what they do.

About us and our pricing: We started Stella Naturals after a lot of research and talking with many different manufacturers and growers. Our business was planned from the start to be able to offer the best quality products at the best fair prices around. As a longtime website designer, the website design is done by us and all ongoing updates and changes are done by us in house. This has saved us thousands. We designed all our labels ourselves saving more money as we have been working with graphics and design for over 20 years. All our advertising and any image graphics are done by us in house. We are even working on small posters and other product sheets and have are own mounting equipment for them. We did not borrow any money to get started so we have no payments to make. We are located in the state of Alabama and our business cost is much lower in this state vs up north or out west. Even the cost of living is much less here. This all adds up to us being able to offer great prices to our customers. We offer the same level or better high-quality products that others charge a lot more for. With Stella Naturels you will always get fair prices for the best quality products. If raw material prices go down we will lower our prices for you. If they go up we will adjust as needed.

We also offer wholesale prices for any CBD or health-related retail store to offer our products to their customers.

Is one brand really the same quality as another?

Yes and No.

If you are looking at a Full Spectrum product say a 1000mg 30ml bottle here is how they can be different and what to look for.

A Full Spectrum CBD oil can be made a few different ways and from different quality hemp.

The main two ways are

CO2 extraction - This is the newest method that is used a lot by many of the large farms or processing plants. Many make claims that this is the best way to extract and make Full Spectrum CBD oil - that can be debated.
The old way and still used today is by using alcohol or ethanol extraction. Many say this is bad as you are left with alcohol or another chemical left in the finished product. But if you spend some time and read and watch videos on this you will see that almost all the alcohol or ethanol is removed as part of the extraction process. Then the remaining if any left is dried out and it is 100% evaporated so you have none left in the end product.

Then you have the quality of the hemp plants that were used and the quality of the soil the hemp was grown in.

Nowadays most any hemp farmer is on board producing quality hemp as if they don't they will not be in business for long. With all the testing that is done any bad product will be found and removed before it is even processed.

So to answer the question if you look at the lab tests and the CBD amounts and the other parts and they are the same and you have no toxins then YES they are the same from one brand to another.

If the lab tests are not good then don't buy it. But any good company or business selling it if they want to keep their customers will only offer a good quality product. But in the end, you can always find some companies or individuals that are out to take your money and they cut corners on the quality of what they sell.

The Stella Naturals brand only sells high-quality 3rd party 100% lab-tested products. We are about quality and keeping on going customers offering a great product at a great price.

What is the Difference of Full Spectrum VS Broad Spectrum VS Isolate, VS Water Versions?

Let's get into this for you.

Full Spectrum is the number one selling version of CBD. It is more of the full plant and most all of its parts all in one. Many say this is the best as it creates an entourage effect. This is when with all the different parts of the plants working together it is believed to create a stronger effect and work better.

Broad-Spectrum is a version of the Full-spectrum but it has been taken one more step by removing all the THC or getting it down to what many call a non-detect amount. Also some other plant waxes are removed but still leaving in all the good plant parts you want. Some call this the pure. The broad-spectrum can end up having more CBD in it as when you take out the THC and other waxes you then end up with a higher amount of CBD for that same volume of product. If you look at the lab tests you will see that broad-spectrum can show more CBD in it then normal Full Spectrum.

One of the advantages of broad-spectrum alone with the stronger CBD amount is with the TCH removed it can be used by people that need to take drug tests but this is not a guarantee that you will not fail a test.

Isolate what is isolate? Well isolate is what it names sounds like it is just the CBD that has been isolated out of the rest of the plant. This is the most purest version of CBD you can take. And it is THC free as everything has been isolated out making a super quality in the range of 99.9 %. Keep in mind even with most all the THC removed a good blood test may be able to still find trace amounts.

Isolate can be great when you need to take higher doses as it can end up costing less for larger amounts. Many seniors or people that just do not want any THC like taking Isolate. Many will say Isolate had the downside of it not having all the other parts of the plant that may be good for you as well. But some studies are showing that Isolate may end up being one of the best products you can take when mixed with other custom plant parts in a custom blend.

Making the custom blends is still a new topic but it is looking like new custom blends with Isolate will be created and be much more powerful than both Fill spectrum or broad-spectrum in the coming years. If you can take a strong CBD Isolate with just special hand-picked other items that give an enhanced effect without all the other full-spectrum items you may not need for your use.

So the future is bright for CBD Isolate and other plant Isolates.

Water Versions Of CBD

Many claims are being made saying that water versions of CBD are more absorbed into you so you can take less of it. We have yet to see any real tests showing this none. Many companies claim its better but have nothing to back it up. And the cost is much higher so in the end if it does work and you can take less but have to pay more for it you could just take a higher dose of Full or broad-spectrum or Isolate to get the same effect for maybe still less money. Time will tell on this.

One other problem with the water-based that was reported is it can go bad very fast when exposed to air, sunlight and heat and can evaporate in the bottle as its water. So you may end up having it all go bad before you even get to use it all. And you will not have any way of knowing this.

Until any real studies are done we would recommend staying away from all water versions of CBD. If it is ever shown to be good we will start offering it ourselves but not at this point. Many sellers make claims that it is their patented process don't fall for that BS. We can buy it right now in many different forms if we wanted it. It's just not proven yet so not something we would offer at this time.