How to get notified when someone posts on Facebook Marketplace
There are two ways to hear about a new Facebook Marketplace listing without refreshing the search all day: Facebook's own saved-search notifications, and a watcher that runs on your computer and alerts you within minutes. Most people who care about being first use both.
Check these first
- Save the search in Facebook. Search Marketplace for the item, set your location and radius, then save the search from the results and switch on its notifications.
- Let Facebook notify you. Make sure Marketplace notifications are enabled in Facebook's notification settings and that your phone allows Facebook to send them.
- Expect gaps. Facebook's notifications arrive on its schedule, for one search at a time, and not for every listing — see what to check when they are late or missing.
Why alerts still lag when everything is on
A saved-search notification is a convenience Facebook offers, not a guarantee. It covers Facebook Marketplace only, one search per notification, and arrives when Facebook sends it. If the point is to be first — to message the seller before the listing is spoken for — you want something that checks on your terms and tells you the moment a matching listing is genuinely new.
A second watcher you control
Pouncify is a free Windows and macOS app that watches Facebook Marketplace — and Craigslist, OfferUp in the United States and Kijiji in Canada — from your own computer. Tell it once what you are hunting; it checks on the schedule you set, reads each listing's real posting time, and alerts you within minutes of a genuinely new listing on your phone, Telegram, email or Discord. No account with us, no marketplace login required to start, and your searches stay on your machine. Your computer has to be on for the watching to happen.
Questions
Can I get Facebook Marketplace alerts on my computer?
Yes. Pouncify is a free Windows and macOS app that watches Facebook Marketplace from your computer and alerts you on your phone, Telegram, email or Discord within minutes of a fresh listing. The computer does the watching and needs to be on; the free phone app pairs with it.
Does Pouncify need my Facebook login?
No. It watches the public view of Marketplace out of the box. Signing in is optional and gives more reach; you do it once inside the app, and the session never leaves your computer.
Can one saved search cover Craigslist and OfferUp too?
Yes. One saved search in Pouncify watches Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, OfferUp in the United States and Kijiji in Canada, with the same alert channels for all of them.
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Related: all guides · about Pouncify. Last reviewed: September 10, 2026.