Guides
Marketplace guides
Practical, tested advice on alerts, buying cars, spotting a fair price and staying safe. Written by the team behind Zoopy, with sources you can check.
Alerts
How to get Facebook Marketplace alerts
Facebook's own Notify Me alerts step by step, what they can't do, and how a dedicated alert app watches your searches around the clock without your Facebook login.
Read the guide AlertsFacebook Marketplace alerts in Australia
How to set up Facebook Marketplace alerts that work in Australian cities and regional towns: where to put the pin, how wide to go, and what to check before you buy.
Read the guide AlertsFacebook Marketplace notifications not working
Step-by-step iPhone and Android checklists for Marketplace alerts and message notifications that don't arrive, from Focus and battery settings to Facebook's own switches.
Read the guide AlertsHow to search Facebook Marketplace across a wide area
Facebook caps a Marketplace search at 100 miles or kilometres. How to cover a region, state or country anyway, with worked examples from Australia, Canada and the US.
Read the guide AlertsFacebook Marketplace saved searches
Saved searches, saved items and recent searches are three different things on Marketplace. Where each one lives, how to change or remove it, and what to do when a search won't delete.
Read the guide AlertsFacebook Marketplace search tips
Sort by newest, set a sensible radius and price, and search the way sellers write. Plus what happened when we tested quotes, minus words and misspellings on Marketplace.
Read the guideCars
Car alerts on Facebook Marketplace
How to set up an alert for the exact car you want on Facebook Marketplace, with a worked example hunt and what a good alert should tell you.
Read the guide CarsHow to filter out dealers on Facebook Marketplace
Facebook no longer gives you a dependable way to hide dealer cars. Here are the signs that give a dealer listing away, and how to keep them out of your alerts.
Read the guide CarsBuying a used car on Facebook Marketplace in Australia
A printable checklist for buying a used car from a private seller on Facebook Marketplace in Australia, with the PPSR, rego and roadworthy rules for every state.
Read the guide CarsHow to spot written-off and salvage cars on Marketplace
The listing words and photo clues that point to a write-off, and the official history check to run before you pay, in Australia, the US, the UK and Canada.
Read the guideDeals and flipping
Price drop alerts on Facebook Marketplace
What Facebook does and does not tell you about price cuts, a simple way to track prices yourself, and how Zoopy's price-drop alerts work on every plan.
Read the guide Deals and flippingHow to get to new Marketplace listings sooner
What actually helps you reach new Marketplace listings early, what backfires, example first messages, and why no tool or trick can promise you are first.
Read the guide Deals and flippingFlipping on Facebook Marketplace
What flips well, how to work out the most you should pay, every cost to count (tax included), and how to buy and sell safely. No profit promises, just the maths.
Read the guide Deals and flippingHow to find underpriced items on Facebook Marketplace
Why some listings go up cheap, the searches that find them, a five-minute price check, and the signs that a bargain is really a trap.
Read the guide Deals and flippingHow to check if a Marketplace price is fair
A step-by-step way to judge any Marketplace price, with a worked used-car example and the signs that a low price is a risk, not a deal.
Read the guideOther marketplaces
AutoTrader Australia alerts
How to save a search and watch cars on AutoTrader Australia, what its alerts cover, and how to see its dealer cars in the same hunt as Facebook Marketplace.
Read the guide Other marketplacesKijiji alerts
How to set up, fix and delete Kijiji search alerts, why they can feel slow, and how to watch Kijiji and Facebook Marketplace in one hunt.
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