How to get notified when someone posts on Facebook Marketplace (2026)
Two ways to hear about new Facebook Marketplace listings without refreshing all day: Facebook's own Marketplace notifications, and Pouncify, which sends new matches to your phone within minutes of them going live. Here is how to set up both.
How do I turn on Facebook Marketplace notifications?
Switch them on under your Marketplace profile's Settings → Notifications in the app, or Settings & privacy → Settings → Notifications → Marketplace on a computer. Both paths come from Facebook's help page on Marketplace notifications.
- In the Facebook app (iPhone or Android): tap Menu, then Marketplace (tap See more if it is hidden), then your Marketplace profile → Settings → Notifications. Tap a category, then the toggle above it: blue is on, grey is off.
- On a computer: click your profile picture, then Settings & privacy → Settings → Notifications → Marketplace, and use the toggle next to each notification type.
- For one search in particular: run the search in Marketplace and choose Notify me on the results, which creates a saved search alert. Walkthrough: Facebook Marketplace saved search notifications.
- Let your phone deliver them: on iPhone, Settings → Notifications → Facebook → Allow Notifications; on Android, Settings → Notifications → App notifications → Facebook. Allow Facebook in any Focus or Do Not Disturb mode you use.
Notifications late or missing? See how to fix Facebook Marketplace notifications.
Which Marketplace notifications should I turn on?
Saved searches first: it is the category Notify me creates, and Facebook's help page names it alongside “updates” and “tips for sellers”. Add email if you read mail more often than you unlock your phone.
How fast are Facebook's own Marketplace notifications?
Facebook does not publish one: its help page covers turning each category on or off and says nothing about when a new-listing notification is sent. Reports online range from minutes to several hours after a listing goes up, and some alerts never arrive at all. To be first to message a seller, add something that checks your search itself on a schedule you can see.
New listings on your phone, within minutes — with Pouncify
Pouncify checks your search from your own computer, on the schedule you choose, and sends every new matching listing to your phone within minutes of it going live, with the photo, the price and where it is.
- One search, every marketplace — Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist, plus OfferUp in the United States and Kijiji in Canada.
- Alerts where you want them — the free Pouncify app for iPhone and Android, or Telegram, email or Discord.
- Facebook login is optional — Pouncify watches Marketplace without one.
- Private by design — no account with us; your logins, listings and location stay on your computer.
Pouncify runs on Windows or Mac and pairs with your phone by scanning a QR code. Free to start.
Can I get notified without giving anyone my Facebook login?
Yes. Pouncify watches Facebook Marketplace without a login, and nothing about your Facebook account leaves your computer. If you choose to sign in, you do it once inside the app, the session stays on your computer, and the app finds more, fresher listings over a bigger radius.
Questions
How do I turn on Facebook Marketplace notifications?
Open Settings & privacy, then Settings, then Notifications, then Marketplace, and switch on the types you want. Your phone must also allow Facebook to send notifications.
How fast will Pouncify tell me about a new listing?
Within minutes of it going live on Marketplace. You choose how often Pouncify checks and during which hours.
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 alerts for all of them.
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