Our story

About WhatIsThisCharge

Built by a developer who got tired of Googling mystery bank charges and landing on outdated Reddit threads.

Our Mission

Every month, millions of people check their bank statements and see charges they don't recognize. They Google the charge descriptor — something like "RECURLY*NETFLIX 866-555-8024" — and land on a 3-year-old Reddit thread with 2 replies, or a government website from 2009.

We built WhatIsThisCharge.net to fix that. One search bar. Instant answers. Works for any charge in any country in any language.

It's completely free and always will be.

48,000+
Charges in our database
190+
Countries supported
2.1M
Monthly searches
$0
Cost to use — forever

How We Make Money

We display non-intrusive advertisements through Google AdSense. We may also earn affiliate commissions when users click links to cancel subscriptions or visit company websites.

We never charge users. We never sell user data. Ads keep the lights on.

Built With

Next.js 15

Web framework

Supabase

Database

Claude AI

Charge identification

Vercel

Hosting

Cloudflare

Security & geo detection

TypeScript

Language

Contact

📧 General: hello@whatisthischarge.net

🛡 Privacy: privacy@whatisthischarge.net

📰 Press: press@whatisthischarge.net