Share a price anonymously and help other shoppers
After a receipt check you can add your price to DAAM anonymously. What is stored, what never is, and how shared prices help people across Pakistan.
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The short answer
After DAAM checks a photographed receipt or quotation, you can tick “Help others by adding this price anonymously”. DAAM then stores only the product, quantity, unit price, city and month — never the exact date, your account or anyone’s name — as a separate, clearly labelled kind of evidence. You can delete your contributions.
Key takeaways
- Sharing is optional and happens only when you tick the box after a photo check.
- Stored: product, quantity, unit price, city and month. Never stored with it: your account, names, exact date.
- Shared prices are real transaction prices — what people actually paid — which listings alone can’t show.
- The same receipt is never counted twice: an FBR invoice number is kept only as a scrambled fingerprint.
- You can delete your contributions at any time.
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Why your price is useful
Online listings tell you what sellers ask. Receipts tell you what people pay. In Pakistan the two can differ a lot: market shops negotiate, suppliers give site-specific rates, and restaurants in smaller cities often have no menu online at all. When shoppers share what they paid, DAAM can answer questions listings alone can’t — especially for construction materials and restaurants outside the biggest cities.
How to share
- Send DAAM a photo of your receipt or quotation.
- Confirm what it read on the editable card.
- Tick “Help others by adding this price anonymously” before tapping “Looks right”.
That’s all. If you don’t tick the box, your prices are used only to answer your question.
Exactly what is stored
| Stored | Never stored with a shared price |
|---|---|
| The product (e.g. a cement brand and bag size) | Your name or account |
| Quantity and unit price | The exact date — only the month |
| City | Anyone’s name, phone number or CNIC |
| Month of purchase | Card numbers or addresses |
| Whether an FBR invoice number was printed | The FBR invoice number itself |
A shop’s business name and city can be kept, because that is part of what makes a price useful. Personal details on the receipt are redacted from anything DAAM keeps.
Counting each receipt once
If a receipt prints an FBR point-of-sale invoice number, DAAM keeps only a keyed, scrambled fingerprint of it. That way the same receipt can’t be counted twice if two people share it, and the number itself is never stored. DAAM doesn’t verify invoices with FBR — you can do that yourself through FBR’s own channels.
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How shared prices are used
Shared prices are a separate, labelled kind of evidence. They aren’t mixed silently with sellers’ listings:
- They help show what people actually pay in a city, especially for materials and restaurants.
- They can fill gaps where DAAM otherwise has not enough evidence.
- They go through the same plausibility checks as every other price, so a mistyped “Rs 15” for a bag of cement doesn’t spoil anyone’s answer.
Deleting your contributions
You can delete prices you have shared. Photos themselves are always deleted after 30 days, or sooner if you ask — sharing a price doesn’t keep your photo. The full details are on the privacy page.
Which shared prices help most
Every shared price helps, but some fill bigger gaps than others:
- Construction materials outside the biggest cities — cement, sariya, bricks and sand rates vary by city and by delivery distance, and many suppliers don’t publish prices online.
- Restaurant bills — most restaurants in smaller cities have no menu online, so a dine-in or takeaway bill is often the only evidence of what an item costs.
- Market purchases of electronics and accessories — the price you negotiated at a shop is often lower than the listed price, and that difference is useful to know.
- Clothing bought in local markets — unbranded fabric and stitched suits rarely have online prices at all.
If you are not sure whether your receipt is useful, share it anyway: the same checks decide what counts, and nothing personal is kept.
A small act that adds up
One receipt from a hardware store in Gujranwala or a restaurant bill from Sukkur might not seem like much. But hundreds of them turn into a real picture of what things cost across Pakistan — not just in the cities with the most online shops. If a DAAM check helped you, sharing your price is the simplest way to pass it on.
Frequently asked questions
Is sharing my price on DAAM anonymous?
Yes. DAAM stores only the product, quantity, unit price, city and month — never your account, any person’s name or the exact date. Personal details on the receipt are redacted.
Do I have to share my receipt?
No. Sharing happens only if you tick “Help others by adding this price anonymously” after a photo check. Otherwise your prices are used only to answer your own question.
Can I delete a price I shared?
Yes, you can delete your contributions. Receipt photos are deleted after 30 days in any case, or immediately if you ask.
Why does DAAM care about FBR invoice numbers?
So the same receipt isn’t counted twice. DAAM keeps only a scrambled fingerprint of the number, never the number itself, and notes that an FBR invoice was printed. It does not verify invoices with FBR.
Free · no sign-up needed
Check your bill — and help the next shopper
Send DAAM a receipt photo, see if you paid a fair price, and choose whether to add it anonymously for others.
Opens DAAM with: “Check my receipt and share the price anonymously”
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Hamza writes DAAM’s price guides for shoppers in Pakistan: where to buy, what to check before paying and how to use verified prices to avoid being overcharged.
