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Facebook Marketplace alerts on Telegram (2026)

By the Pouncify team · Published Oct 25, 2026

You have Pouncify running with a search saved, and you want the alerts in Telegram. Not set up yet? Three short steps below. What you get: a Telegram chat on your phone that fills with every new listing as it appears, photo, price and a one-tap link to open it, and a separate chat for each search if you like. A few minutes, as a video or as written steps.

Pouncify is a free Windows and macOS app that watches Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, OfferUp and Kijiji from your own computer and sends every new listing that matches your search to your phone, Telegram, email or Discord, within minutes of it going live.

First, set up Pouncify

Pouncify runs on your computer and does the watching; Telegram is where the alerts arrive. If you already have a search saved in Pouncify, skip to the bot. watch 0:22

1. Install Pouncify. Download it for Windows or Mac and open it. It starts on a set-up checklist that walks you through the rest.
2. Add a search. Type the words a seller would write in the title, such as MacBook Air, and your ZIP or postal code. Save, and Pouncify checks every marketplace at once.
3. Have Telegram on your phone. The free Telegram app from the App Store or Google Play, signed in. That is all you need for the bot.

The full walkthrough, from install to the first alert and pairing your phone: how to set up Pouncify, as a video and written steps.

How do I make a Facebook Marketplace alert bot on Telegram?

Create the bot in Telegram, then connect it in Pouncify under Notifications. Telegram is the first channel there, and the same steps are printed on its card.

1. Open BotFather. In Telegram, search for BotFather and pick the official one with the blue checkmark (Telegram's own guide to creating a bot). watch 0:41
2. Send /newbot. Give the bot a name, such as Pouncify Alerts, then a username that ends in bot.
3. Copy the token. BotFather replies with your bot's token. Tap it to copy it, and keep it private.
4. Paste it into Pouncify. Open Notifications → Telegram and paste the token into Bot token. watch 1:10
5. Message your bot. Open it from the link in BotFather's reply, press Start, and send it any message, like “hi”.
6. Click Detect chat ID. Pouncify finds your chat from that message and fills in Chat ID.
7. Save, then turn alerts on. Alerts are off until you switch them on. watch 1:39
8. Click Send test. The test lands in Telegram on your phone, and the card turns green: Connected.

Detect chat ID can't find your chat?

Send your bot one more message and click Detect chat ID again. If it still finds nothing, get the ID by hand: in Telegram, search for userinfobot, pick the verified one and press Start. It replies with your numeric ID. Type that into Chat ID and carry on from Save. watch 1:25

What does a Telegram alert look like?

Each new listing arrives as one message: the photo, the title, the price, the town, the search that found it, and a button that opens it on Facebook, Craigslist, OfferUp or Kijiji. Open the chat and it reads as a feed, one listing after another, on your phone, within minutes of the listing going live. If a search gets busy, mute its chat in Telegram (tap the menu, then Mute): the feed keeps filling, your phone stays quiet. watch 2:49

One Telegram chat per search

The free plan sends every search to one Telegram chat. On the Pounce plan, bought inside the app, each search can have its own bot, so each kind of deal collects in its own chat. watch 2:12

1. In Telegram, make a second bot with BotFather the same way, and copy its token.
2. In Pouncify, under Your Telegram chats, click Add another chat, name it, paste the new token, message the new bot, click Detect chat ID, then Add chat.
3. Edit the search, pick the new chat under Where to notify, and save.

Questions

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