Hi, I'm Shahzad Akram. I started Shilajit UK, and I still run it alongside my full-time job in SEO.
Why I started
Around 2019 I started looking into shilajit, a mineral resin from the Himalayas that has been part of Ayurvedic practice for centuries. The first thing I bought was a pack of capsules. When I realised they were made in China and I couldn't tell what was in them, I tried resins from other sellers instead. They weren't much better: some were poor quality, and some arrived in a state I didn't want to eat. I couldn't find a UK supplier I trusted.
Boxes of shilajit, and then Covid
In 2020, after a lot of research, I decided to sell the kind of shilajit I'd been looking for: authentic Himalayan resin I knew was real. We bought our first stock. Then Covid hit. I remember looking at the boxes I'd just paid for and thinking I'd made a massive mistake.
Learning to make it
In 2021, as things began to open up, I decided to give it a proper go. I'd run lead generation and e-cigarette businesses before, but never a physical product that had to be made, packed and posted. I spent weeks working out how to melt the raw blocks into a smooth resin. Then I found jar suppliers, label printers and packaging, and built the website. It went live in 2021.
Then something happened in my personal life, and the website went clean out of my head.
Two PayPal payments
Two months later I was looking through the company PayPal account and spotted two payments I didn't recognise. They'd come from the shilajit website. People had found us and ordered without any help from me. We rushed to get those jars out, and I was over the moon. That was the day Shilajit UK became a real business. Since those first two orders, we've sent out more than 12,000.
How we work
- Our shilajit comes from the Himalayas (country of origin: India), and we pack it here in the UK.
- It's independently lab-tested, and the certificates are on our testing page.
- We don't promise what shilajit will do for you. Our guides set out what the research does and doesn't show.
- UK delivery is free, and you have 14 days to change your mind.
Who we are
Shilajit UK is a trading name of Moon Ventures Ltd, registered in England and Wales (company number 11146577), at 2 Chapel Street, Brierfield, Nelson, BB9 5HJ. Email us at contact@shilajituk.co.uk.