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Editorial Policy

Who operates this deskOur editorial standardNo human byline: how a page is actually checkedSource hierarchyFact checking Scoring methodology Update frequency CorrectionsAI usage policyIndependence Affiliate Signal framework

Who operates this desk

DostIpo is an independent, privately operated IPO information platform for Indian retail investors. The research and editorial function on this site is the DostIpo Research Desk — and it is an automated desk, not a named human analyst. Nothing here is written or signed by an individual posing as a qualified research analyst, because no such person is involved in producing this site.

DostIpo is not a SEBI-registered Investment Adviser or Research Analyst. No SEBI registration is claimed, implied or held. We do not give personalised investment advice, we do not manage money, and we do not broker or execute transactions. To reach the operator, use the contact page — it also carries the data-error reporting workflow, which is the fastest route to the desk.

Our editorial standard

Every page on DostIpo is held to one standard: a reader should be able to distinguish, without guessing, between verified fact, estimate and opinion. Data pulled from an exchange or registrar is presented as data. GMP is always labelled an unofficial estimate. Our Market Signals are always labelled analysis. Nothing is published in a way that blurs these lines.

No human byline: how a page is actually checked

Because there is no analyst's name to trust, we do not ask you to trust a name. We ask you to check the work instead, and the site shows its own work:

The full list of automated checks is published on the methodology page.

Source hierarchy

When sources disagree, DostIpo resolves the conflict by a fixed priority order rather than by preference:

  1. Primary regulatory filings — SEBI, BSE and NSE announcements, and the company's DRHP or RHP.
  2. Registrar data — allotment and subscription figures as published by the registrar.
  3. Exchange live feeds — price bands, corporate actions and listing data.
  4. Company disclosures — investor-relations material and official announcements.
  5. Secondary commentary — news and third-party opinion, used for context only and never as the basis for a number.
  6. Grey market — unofficial and unregulated, the lowest tier. It is always labelled unofficial and carries the smallest weight in any score on this site.

Where a lower tier contradicts a higher tier, the higher tier wins and the contradiction is logged rather than quietly smoothed over.

Fact checking & sourcing

Every factual figure is verified against its primary source, the company's DRHP or RHP, BSE/NSE filings, SEBI disclosures, or the official registrar. When a figure cannot be verified from a primary source, it is published only with the label "Data not yet officially available". Data is never invented to fill a page, and placeholders are never dressed up to look like real numbers.

Scoring methodology & its version

The Fundamental X-Ray, Listing Momentum, signal and Data Confidence outputs all come from a versioned, deterministic engine — no hidden model, no per-issue discretion. Every score is published with the methodology version that produced it, and a methodology change never rewrites an older score: a historical 32/90 stays 32/90 and stays labelled with the version that created it. That is why you may see two different denominators on this site; they are different versions, not different quality.

Current version: v2.1 — full rulebook and version history →

Update frequency & timestamps

During live offer periods the platform refreshes automatically roughly every thirty minutes; GMP and subscription figures move with those cycles. Every data block carries the time of its last update so you can judge freshness for yourself. Long-form reports regenerate from the same verified dataset, a headline never disagrees with its own table.

Corrections

If an error is found, by us or by a reader, it is corrected promptly and the timestamp on the affected page updates so readers know exactly when the change was made. Material corrections to analysis pieces are made transparently rather than silently edited. To report an error, use the contact page and include the page URL and the figure in question.

AI usage policy

We are candid about this: DostIpo uses automation and AI at several stages of its pipeline. Automated collectors fetch and organise public data. Language models help draft narrative text around verified datasets. What AI is never allowed to do: invent numbers, present unverified claims as fact, impersonate a human financial expert, or publish without checks. Every article that involves analysis passes factual verification against the dataset before publication, and the editorial desk reviews output regularly.

Independence & conflicts of interest

DostIpo does not accept payment from issuers, underwriters, brokers or investor-relations firms to alter, rank, promote or suppress coverage. There are no 'sponsored reviews'. If a commercial relationship ever creates a potential conflict, it will be disclosed on the page concerned. We hold no position-trading operation around the IPOs we cover.

Affiliate & paid disclosure

DostIpo may earn a commission when you open an account with a broker through links on this site, at no additional cost to you. That commission is never a factor in whether an IPO is covered, how it is ranked, what its score is, or what its signal says.

There is no paid placement, no sponsored coverage, no issuer-supplied content, and no broker relationship that can alter a number on this site. Affiliate links are marked. If a commercial relationship ever creates a genuine conflict of interest, it is disclosed on the page concerned rather than buried in a footer nobody reads.

Signal framework

Our Market Signals are published only as data signals — SIGNAL: POSITIVE / MIXED / NEUTRAL / WEAK — never as apply / avoid / watch instructions. The signal comes from a documented framework: valuation versus peers, balance-sheet trend, promoter dilution, subscription breadth across investor categories, and grey-market signals, in that order of weight. GMP deliberately carries the least weight because it is the noisiest signal. The framework is applied uniformly to every issue; we do not do takedowns or favours. A signal is a data observation, not investment advice.

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Last updated: 13 Oct 2026, 23:08 IST