Marketplace alerts without handing anyone your Facebook login
Many marketplace alert services run on their own servers, which means the searches — and sometimes a Facebook session — live with them. If you would rather not hand a third party your Facebook login, or the history of what you hunt for, here is how a watcher that runs on your own computer changes the picture.
Check these first
- Where does the watching happen? On a company's servers, or on your own computer? Only the second keeps your searches with you.
- Does it need your Facebook password at all? Pouncify does not: it watches the public view of Marketplace out of the box.
- If you do sign in, where does the session live? With Pouncify, in a browser profile on your own machine that is never sent anywhere — and signing in is optional.
- What leaves your machine? With Pouncify, only the alerts you configure plus anonymous crash reports and usage counts — never your searches with a location, your listings or your logins.
Why alerts still lag when everything is on
Your marketplace searches say a lot: where you live, what you drive, what your kids need. Pouncify is built so nobody learns any of it, including us. There is no Pouncify account, the database of listings lives on your computer, and the app is read-only — it never messages sellers, posts, bids or buys. The trade-off is simple: your computer has to be on for the watching to happen.
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
Does Pouncify ever see my Facebook password?
No. If you choose to sign in, you type your password into Facebook's own login page inside a browser window Pouncify opens on your computer. The app never sees or stores it, and the session stays in a local browser profile on your machine.
Can I use Pouncify without logging in to Facebook at all?
Yes. Pouncify watches the public view of Facebook Marketplace out of the box; Craigslist, OfferUp and Kijiji need no login either. Signing in to Facebook is optional and gives you more reach.
Is my search history stored anywhere?
Only on your computer, in a local database you can wipe with one click. Anonymous usage statistics leave the machine without your city, postal code or any location; nothing is sold or shared.
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