Marketplace alerts that fit the way you flip.
You don't need more listings to scroll through. You need to know when something worth buying shows up near you.
Start with what you actually want to buy
Pounce is Windows software that monitors Facebook Marketplace through the Facebook accounts you connect. You choose the searches, area, and buying targets. Pounce checks listings and sends the ones that qualify to Discord, Telegram, or Windows notifications.
A category search is a good starting point when you know the market but aren't looking for one exact model. Specific Search lets you narrow things down. Custom Search is there for a query and rules you want to write yourself.
Standard includes electronics, collectibles, cameras and lenses, golf clubs, and musical instruments. Pro adds cars, trucks, powersports, and watches. Coverage is model-specific: being in a category doesn't mean every item or bundle can be priced. The newest options also depend on your app build.
What happens between a listing and an alert?
The Marketplace query brings back candidates. Pounce checks location, remembers listings it has already seen, applies your filters, and uses AI to review whether an item fits your rules. In Auto pricing, it needs a usable resale value before comparing the asking price with your buying target.
That distinction matters. A search for a console can also turn up empty boxes, controllers, broken units, or a price that is only a deposit. The point is to spend less time opening those listings yourself, not to claim that software can catch every misleading ad.
If you already know your buy price, Manual pricing uses the range you set instead of fetching sold comps for that search. AI verification still applies. The Docs explain both pricing modes.
How fast are the alerts?
With a well-tuned setup, Pounce can find new listings within seconds of them appearing in Marketplace search. That is not a guaranteed delay for every listing. Search load, account availability, scan time, your schedule, and notification delivery all affect timing.
The useful head start is finding a matching listing and being ready to contact the seller. Pounce keeps checking while you do other things; optional Auto-message can start the conversation without waiting for you to open the alert.
Why can a fast alert say “12 minutes ago”?
A listing's posted time and the time it becomes discoverable are different. Facebook can show a listing as twelve minutes old even if it only just appeared in the Marketplace search your account is checking. An alert seconds after that appearance can still be a very fast find.
| Time | What happens |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | The seller posts a listing. |
| 10:12:00 | In this example, the listing first becomes discoverable in the search being monitored. |
| 10:12:05 | The monitor finds it, completes its checks, and the alert arrives. |
The listing can say “12 minutes ago,” but the gap from appearing in that search to the alert is five seconds in this example. Those numbers explain the difference; they are not a speed test or a promise of five-second alerts.
Being able to open a listing's direct link also doesn't establish when it appeared in a particular search. Visibility can differ between searches and accounts. There isn't one first discoverable time we can reliably claim to know for every listing.
Which part of the wait are you measuring?
- Posted: the age Facebook displays for the listing.
- Discoverable: when the listing is available through the search being checked.
- Found and checked: when Pounce picks it up and reviews it against your rules, including pricing when needed.
- Delivered: when the alert reaches your notification channel.
Listing age alone does not prove that an alert was late. It also doesn't prove Pounce found it instantly. Scan timing, checks, or notification delivery can add their own delay. If an alert seems slow, keep the exact listing link, search name, and time the notification arrived so the case can be checked.
This isn't a reason to dismiss a missed deal. If the listing was already appearing in the same search on the same account and Pounce didn't catch it, that's useful information to include. Here's how to work through a missing alert.
Keep your setup ready to move
Pounce runs on your computer. Keep it awake, connected, and running during the hours you want to monitor. A sleeping PC or a stopped monitor won't keep finding listings in the background.
Start with searches you actually intend to buy from. Check that the account is connected and assigned, review Search History, and send a test notification. A working scan with a muted notification channel still leaves you late to the conversation.
Scan Delay is a pause after an account completes a full cycle, not a fixed per-search alert interval. More searches and longer checks affect the cycle. Required Quiet Hours pause scanning for at least eight hours a day; lowering a setting doesn't remove that schedule or Facebook's limits. See how schedules and scan delay work.
The alert is the start, not the whole flip
A promising spread still needs a buyer's judgment. Check the item, condition, seller, and pickup details. Fees, shipping, repairs, travel, and the price you actually sell for can change the result.
If you want a head start on the conversation, Auto-message and Auto-lowball can contact eligible sellers on searches where you've enabled them. After a purchase, relisting helps prepare a Marketplace draft, and Insights lets you record what you paid and what you made.
A sensible first setup
Pick one market you know, choose a realistic pickup area, connect an alert channel, and send a test notification. Start with one search and check its History before adding more. A focused watchlist is easier to tune than a large collection of searches you haven't checked.
Follow the first-search setup in Docs, or compare Standard and Pro if you're deciding which coverage you need.