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Boilerplate
DataChan is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit building a free, crowd-verified record of real retail prices. Shoppers scan shelf tags; independent, aggregated scans confirm whether a price — and a claimed “sale” — is real. DataChan takes no money from retailers or advertisers.
Fast facts
- Nonprofit status: 501(c)(3)
- What it does: crowd-verified retail price data via a free shopper app
- Funding: no retailer or advertiser revenue; donation infrastructure in progress
- Currently piloting at: a small group of participating retailers, expanding as the community grows
- App availability: not yet available to download — in active development
The angle, if you need one
- Sale prices that quietly outlive their end date
- “Discounts” that become the new normal price
- Retailers auditing their own compliance, with no outside check
Assets
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