DataLiberty

Your receipts know more than your bank statement. Item-level spending insights from the emails you already get. Built by @DanielSTehrani. Join the beta waitlist

[DataLiberty @DataLiberty_]

Data by the people, for the people.

Your receipts and billing emails already know where your money goes.

That's what @DanielSTehrani is building. Free beta coming soon. Join the waitlist at https://t.co/hWLfuXONfR or DM us "beta."

#BuildInPublic

[DataLiberty @DataLiberty_]

Price hikes rarely come with a headline. Usually it's a quiet email, or nothing at all, and next month's charge is a dollar or two higher.

What's the last price increase you caught? And how long did it take you to notice?

#Subscriptions

[DataLiberty @DataLiberty_]

Hot take: "Groceries" is the second most useless budget category, right after "Shopping."

A $140 grocery run could be $90 of food and $50 of cleaning stuff, snacks and a birthday card.

Agree or disagree?

#Budgeting

[DataLiberty @DataLiberty_]

Hot take: "Groceries" is the second most useless budget category, right after "Shopping."

A $140 grocery run could be $90 of food and $50 of cleaning stuff, snacks and a birthday card.

Agree or disagree?

#Budgeting

[DataLiberty @DataLiberty_]

Weekend money check, no pitch:

Open your email and search "your subscription" or "renewal." Takes 2 minutes.

You might find something you forgot you were paying for. What did you find?

#MoneyTips

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Building in public, week 3:

@DanielSTehrani has been reading a lot of receipt emails lately. Turns out every store formats them differently, and some barely say what you bought.

Which store sends the most useless receipt? Nominations open.

#BuildInPublic

[DataLiberty @DataLiberty_]

Your bank statement: "AMZN Mktp $47.18"

What you actually bought: no idea. Could be one thing, could be four.

How do you figure out what a mystery charge was? Search your email, check the order history, or just let it go?

#PersonalFinance

[DataLiberty @DataLiberty_]

Two replies on last week's building-in-public post taught us something:

1. Amazon often charges when items ship, not when you order.
2. Shelf price and app price aren't always the same.

The receipt is where the real story lives. What else should we know?

#BuildInPublic

[DataLiberty @DataLiberty_]

Why @DanielSTehrani started DataLiberty:

Every finance app he tried showed where the money went. None showed what it bought.

A $22 charge could be a forgotten trial or a price hike, and you'd never know. Follow along. Beta's coming soon.

#BuildInPublic

[DataLiberty @DataLiberty_]

"Shopping" isn't a budget category. It's a mystery bag.

Groceries, a gift, a refund that never posted, one thing you'll return. All one line.

We think you should see what's inside. DM us "beta" to get on the early list.

#Budgeting

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Quick poll in the replies:

How detailed is your spending tracking?

1. I check my balance and hope
2. Bank categories are enough
3. Spreadsheet, every line
4. I know exactly what's in every receipt

#PersonalFinance

[DataLiberty @DataLiberty_]

Money tip, no pitch:

When you sign up for a free trial, cancel it right away. A lot of services keep your access until the trial ends, so you get the free month without the surprise charge.

#MoneyTips #PersonalFinance

[DataLiberty @DataLiberty_]

Building in public with @DanielSTehrani.

The goal: read your receipt emails so "Amazon $64.18" turns into the actual items you bought.

One puzzle we're working through: a single charge that covers several orders. Follow along. Beta's coming soon.

#BuildInPublic

[DataLiberty @DataLiberty_]

Streaming plan: $15.49 → $17.99/mo.

No email you'd read. No alert. Just a slightly bigger number on a statement nobody opens.

How do you catch price hikes on your subscriptions? Honest question.

#Subscriptions #MoneyTips

[DataLiberty @DataLiberty_]

My bank said I spent $86.42 on "Shopping."

The receipt said: dog food, a phone charger, batteries, paper towels.

Same charge. Very different story.

DataLiberty shows what you actually bought, not just where you shopped. Beta's coming soon.

#PersonalFinance #Budgeting

[DataLiberty @DataLiberty_]

I'm building DataLiberty to help you keep track of receipts, subscriptions and trial reminders in your inbox.

We're preparing a limited free beta. If this is a problem you'd pay to solve, message me. I'd like to hear what you're using now and what's missing.