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Broker-agnostic Telegram alerts on price thresholds + corporate actions (dividend/bonus/split/rights/buyback) for any NSE/BSE stock — plus an IPO module covering SME calendars, live GMP, allotment status across registrars, and listing-day price triggers. No KYC, no broker account required.

Problem

Indian retail investors hold stocks across multiple brokers (Zerodha, Groww, Upstox, ICICI Direct) and want price + corporate-action alerts WITHOUT opening a Demat account at every broker. Existing alerts are broker-locked. Separately, IPO investors miss SME IPO opening windows, GMP movement, allotment status (KFin/Link Intime), and listing-day price triggers — Zerodha shipped a basic 'Remind Me' for mainboard IPOs in Feb 2025, validating but not saturating the market.

Audience

Indian retail investors with Demat accounts (~15Cr nationally), with a focused band of (a) multi-broker holders and pre-Demat aspirants (~3–5Cr) and (b) IPO traders applying to 5+ IPOs/mo (~30–50L). NRIs tracking Indian markets are an alt segment.

Reasoning

What we ship

**Core features (MVP)**

  • Broker-agnostic price alerts: up to 50 NSE/BSE tickers on watchlist, 15-minute delayed price feed (free public data) → push on threshold cross.
  • Corporate actions via NSE/BSE public RSS feeds — dividend / bonus / split / rights / buyback → 1-line summary via Claude Haiku → Telegram push.
  • IPO module: SME calendar (mainboard already covered by Zerodha; we focus on SME), live GMP feed (gmpipo.com / ipowatch with attribution), allotment-day push via KFin / Link Intime scraping, listing-day price triggers.
  • No KYC, no Demat required — onboard in 60 seconds via Telegram. SEBI disclaimer "Informational. Not investment advice." in EVERY alert footer.
  • Razorpay UPI Subscriptions: Stocks-only ₹199/mo, IPO-only ₹299/mo, Bundle ₹399/mo. Free tier: 5 watchlist tickers, 15-min delayed.

**Primary user flow**

1. NRI investor in Dubai finds the bot via an r/IndiaInvestments thread "anyone has a broker-agnostic alert app".

2. `/start` in Telegram → bot: "Stocks / IPO / both?" → pick Bundle → /add TCS BPCL RELIANCE → /alert TCS above 4000.

3. Razorpay UPI ₹399/mo mandate (auto-debit), 5 watchlist tickers free, the rest unlocks instantly.

4. Two weeks later TCS crosses 4000 → push with disclaimer; in parallel Nazara IPO opens → push with GMP movement.

**What it looks like**

  • **Telegram bot first message**: "📈 Broker-agnostic NSE/BSE alerts. No KYC, no Demat required. SEBI-compliant: we are an info provider, not an investment adviser. /add [TICKER] to put one on your watchlist. /ipo for the IPO feed. Free: 5 tickers / 15-min delay. ⚠️ We do not recommend buy/sell — only data."
  • **Dashboard mock**: one page, two tabs. (1) Stocks: watchlist as rows (ticker, last price, % change, threshold set, bell toggle). (2) IPO: SME calendar of upcoming IPOs as cards (name, dates, GMP today, allotment date, listing day). No "best stock" ranking, no recommendations — raw data only.
  • **Alert format**: "📈 ALERT — TCS on NSE\nLast price: ₹4,012.50 (15-min delayed)\nCrossed threshold: ₹4,000 (up) ✅\nCorporate action: none active\n_Informational only. We are NOT a SEBI-registered investment adviser. Consult a SEBI-registered RIA before any decision._\n[🔗 NSE quote page]"

**MVP build plan (12 days)**

  • Day 1-2: FastAPI + Postgres + Celery + Redis on Railway Mumbai, Razorpay UPI Subscriptions (3 tiers).
  • Day 3-4: NSE/BSE corporate-action public RSS feed integration + Claude Haiku 1-line summarizer ("Reliance announces 1:1 bonus").
  • Day 5: 15-min delayed price feed integration (free public data), Redis hot-cache, threshold-evaluation Celery beat.
  • Day 6: GMP scraper (gmpipo.com / ipowatch) with attribution in every push — critical for fair-use compliance.
  • Day 7: KFin + Link Intime allotment-status scraper (per-user PAN consent screen, not bulk).
  • Day 8: SME IPO calendar feed + listing-day price-triggers logic.
  • Day 9: Telegram bot (/start, /add, /alert, /ipo, /upgrade), per-tier feature gates.
  • Day 10: SEBI-disclaimer enforcement (footer on every push, ToS explicit "NOT a SEBI-registered investment adviser"), ban any "best stock" UI.
  • Day 11: Cloudflare Pages landing (focus: "no KYC, no Demat, broker-agnostic"), pricing page with tier comparison, NRI section (USD-friendly via Stripe fallback).
  • Day 12: r/IndiaInvestments + DesiDime pre-launch posts, Telegram IPO-channel partnerships (gmpipo, ipowatch revenue-share), live mode launch with 200 free-tier seeds.

Source signals

  • **SIG-20260425-india-monitor-alert-tool-stock-corporate-actions-non-broker** — "Is there any reliable app which gives users a notification or some sort of an alert if the price of any stock (Indian or International) reaches a preset price? […] doesn't make sense to make a kyc account on groww/zerodha doesn't make sense for alerts."
  • **SIG-20260425-india-monitor-alert-tool-ipo-allotment-grey-market** — "Tracking multiple economic announcements and IPO openings can be overwhelming, making it easy to miss important updates."

Reasoning

Two RECURRING SIGs (broker-agnostic stock alerts + IPO/GMP/allotment) bundle into one product because the audience overlaps almost completely — IPO traders typically hold stocks; multi-broker holders typically apply to IPOs. Validation: Zerodha shipping 'Remind Me' (Feb 2025) proves demand from the largest IN broker, but only covers mainboard IPO with no GMP / allotment-day / cross-broker support; DesiDime thread has multiple direct asks for broker-agnostic alerts; Pocketful's "Best Stock Alert Apps 2026" listicle confirms category recognition; Inc42 RSS shows 5+ IPO headlines/week in April 2026. White-space layers: (1) no-KYC alert layer for pre-Demat aspirants and multi-broker holders, (2) SME IPO calendar Zerodha doesn't cover, (3) GMP integration nobody pushes, (4) allotment-day push automating manual KFin/Link Intime checks. Stack-fit clean: NSE/BSE corporate-action filings are public RSS; 15-min delayed price free, real-time via paid third-party (start delayed); FastAPI + Celery + Redis. Build: 12 days. Regulatory: alerts ≠ investment advice, clear disclaimer needed. Main risk: Zerodha extending 'Remind Me' broker-agnostic — counter by shipping fast, dominating IPO vertical, going Telegram-native.

Quick competitive read

  • **Zerodha 'Remind Me'** — basic incumbent, validates market but mainboard-only / no-GMP / no-allotment / broker-locked.
  • **Pocketful, Arihant Plus, 5paisa, Groww, Upstox** — broker-native, locked.
  • **gmpipo.com / ipowatch** — websites without push, raw data only.
  • **Stockedge / Tickertape** — analytics, not push-alerts.

White space: broker-agnostic + no-KYC + Telegram-native + IPO+stocks bundle does not exist. Competitive pressure ≈ 6.

Initial pricing hypothesis

Stocks Only ₹199/mo (≤50 watchlist), IPO Only ₹299/mo (SME calendar + GMP + allotment + listing triggers), Bundle ₹399/mo. Free tier: 5 tickers, 15-min delay. Razorpay UPI auto-debit.

Distribution hypothesis

DesiDime + r/IndiaInvestments + r/IndianStreetBets organic posts in "non-broker alert app" threads; Telegram IPO-channel partnerships (gmpipo, ipowatch) with revenue share; YouTube finfluencer sponsorships (Pranjal Kamra, Akshat Shrivastava, Asset Yogi) at ₹2–5L/video; SME-IPO long-tail SEO; NRI Facebook groups for high-WTP niche.