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Every figure on Kitovu comes from a document — supplier papers and labels, the maker's listing, our own arithmetic from those, or, kept apart, a similar product — and carries one of 4 labels saying which. A price is shown only with a named seller, a unit and the date it was checked.
Where product figures come from
Sources are used in a fixed order: supplier documents and labels first, then answers from the business about the stock, then the manufacturer’s listing for that exact model. A similar product is used only when all three are empty.
| Label | Where it can appear |
|---|---|
| Supplier document | specifications, key facts, page text |
| Manufacturer | the same places; if it differs from the supplier document, the supplier document wins |
| Calculated | key facts and page text only |
| Similar product | only the folded table “Specs of similar products — not confirmed for this item” |
A worked example of Calculated: the JUYONS data sheet gives about 1.5 kg/m² of K11 coating per millimetre of film, so one 18 kg bucket covers roughly 12 m² at 1 mm — 18 ÷ 1.5. Values from a similar product never go into a page title, the short answer, key facts or a WhatsApp message, and they are never used for fitting sizes or compatibility.
When sources disagree
Both figures are shown with links, or neither is. For K11, the data sheet gives water impermeability of at least 0.5 MPa, while a table on the factory’s web page gives 0.3 MPa and is labelled with a different product; the data sheet figure is used and the table is not.
What does not count as a source
Search snippets, answers from AI tools, forums and social media, aggregators without a link to the original, and figures from another country carried over by analogy. Search data shapes which questions a page answers, never the facts in it. Kitovu does not run trials of materials, and no page claims that a product was used on a site of ours.
Prices
A price comes from one of three places: Kitovu’s own price, a manufacturer’s published list or a seller’s own page showing price and unit. Each carries its unit, seller and check date; currency and unit stay as the source gives them, with no conversion. A price that cannot be confirmed again is removed. Price pages and their tables are gathered under prices in Tanzania.
Reporting an error
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Beige Porcelain Tile 1200x600 mm, Matt Anti-Slip R10
1200 × 600 mmR10Order on WhatsAppTZS 49,680pertile
K11 Polymer Cement Waterproof Coating (Two-Component)
18 kg/barrelOrder on WhatsAppTZS 155,000perbucket
