Craigslist alerts, minutes after a post goes up
Pouncify is a free Windows and macOS app that watches Craigslist for the things you are hunting and alerts you within minutes of a fresh post — on your phone, Telegram, email or Discord. Craigslist needs no account, and the watching happens on your own computer.
What Craigslist's own alerts do
Craigslist lets you save a search and receive email alerts for it. They cover one search on one Craigslist site, arrive by email on Craigslist's schedule, and tell you nothing about whether the post is a repost of something you already saw. Pouncify does not replace them; it gives you a watcher across every marketplace, at a pace you set, with the price and repost history attached.
How Pouncify watches Craigslist
Craigslist needs no login, so Pouncify simply reads the public search results for your city and the posts themselves — no account, nothing to get restricted. Every post carries its real posting time and, for most posts, exact map coordinates, so Pouncify knows precisely how new a post is and how far away it is before it alerts you.
Craigslist is the lowest-risk marketplace Pouncify watches, so it can be checked often — every few minutes at a pace you choose. A post that is deleted and re-listed at a new price is recognised as the same item and shown as a price change, not a new deal.
What you get
- Alerts where you already are — Telegram, email, Discord, or a push to the free iPhone and Android app, each with the photo, price, location and a link straight to the listing.
- Fresh means fresh — alerts are gated on the listing's real posting time, not on when Pouncify first saw it, so you are not racing to something that sold last week.
- Price history and reposts — every listing's price is tracked; a drop on something you are watching pings you, and a delete-and-repost is recognised as the same item.
- One search, every marketplace — the same saved search also watches the other marketplaces Pouncify supports in your region.
- Any category — furniture, tools, bikes, cameras, baby gear, PC parts, appliances; if it is sold for local pickup it can be watched. Vehicles go deepest, with make, model, year and price history.
Setting it up
- Install Pouncify on Windows or macOS from the download page. There is no account to create.
- Add a search: what you are looking for, where, and how far you will travel. Nothing. No Craigslist account, no login. Craigslist is offered everywhere it operates.
- Pick where alerts should go — Telegram, email, Discord or the phone app — review the pacing limits, and turn the schedule on. Your computer does the watching from then on.
Limits, plainly
Your computer has to be on for the watching to happen; the phone app pairs with it rather than replacing it. Alerts arrive within minutes, not seconds, because Pouncify paces its checks to keep your accounts and your connection safe. Pouncify is read-only: it never messages sellers, posts, bids or buys — the reply is your move.
Questions
Do I need a Craigslist account?
No. Craigslist search results and posts are public, and Pouncify reads them the way your browser would. There is nothing to sign in to and no account that can be restricted.
How fast are Craigslist alerts with Pouncify?
Typically within minutes of a post appearing. Craigslist is a low-risk marketplace to watch, so it can be checked every few minutes; you set the pace, the active hours and the daily budget.
Does Pouncify handle Craigslist reposts?
Yes. Craigslist sellers often delete and re-list a post to bump it. Pouncify recognises the repost as the same item, keeps its price history, and shows a price change rather than alerting you to a new deal that is not new.
Which Craigslist sites can I watch?
Any Craigslist city site. Pouncify picks the site from the location you set on your search, and distances are computed from the coordinates Craigslist posts carry, so a radius really is a radius.
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