The alert app for car flipping.
JDMarket is a car flipping alerts app: it watches the car searches you choose on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist, applies your rules, and sends a push or Telegram alert usually about a second after it detects a matching listing. The core tool for flippers is per-year price bands — one watch carries a separate cap for each model-year range (one number for 2018–2020, another for 2021+), so a listing priced under its band alerts and a correctly-priced one stays silent. Add private-seller-only, clean-title-only, and a mileage cap, all AI-checked against each listing’s details. Fast watches check every minute, and on Craigslist only listings genuinely posted in the last ~24 hours get through — re-bumped ads are filtered out. Managed plans run $30–$80/mo; every-minute watches start at $45/mo (Pro). No tool can promise a flip — the judgment stays yours.
The short answer
- JDMarket watches car searches on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist (all 413 US Craigslist metro sites) with per-year price bands: set a cap under typical asking for each model-year range, and only listings priced inside a band alert. Managed plans run $30–$80/mo; every-minute fast watches start at $45/mo (Pro).
- Flip filters are built into vehicle watches: private-seller-only (flips usually come from owners, not dealers), clean-title-only, and a mileage cap — AI-enforced against each listing’s stated details. On Craigslist, owner vs dealer is a real category switch.
- Craigslist alerts fire only on listings genuinely posted in the last ~24 hours — renewed and re-bumped old ads are filtered out — and Craigslist has no Facebook-style listing-approval delay.
- No income promises here: JDMarket’s job is speed and filtering. Fast watches check every minute and alerts arrive usually about a second after we detect a listing — whether it’s a flip is your call.
Works on
| JDMarket | Refreshing manually | |
|---|---|---|
| Checks per day | Up to 2,000 (Basic $30) / 3,000 (Pro $45) / 6,000 (Premium $80) listing checks, 24/7 | However many refreshes you can stand — and only while you’re at the screen |
| Check cadence | Fast watches check every minute (2 on Pro, all 10 on Premium); the rest every 5–10 minutes | Whenever you remember to look |
| Models covered at once | 10 active watches, each tracking several models or year ranges from one search | One search tab per model, retyped each time |
| Price-band precision | A separate cap per model-year band (e.g. “2018–2020: 18000, 2021+: 25000”), enforced on every alert | Year-vs-price math in your head, listing by listing |
| Flip filters | Private-seller-only, clean-title-only, mileage cap — AI-checked against each listing’s details; owner vs dealer is a real category switch on Craigslist | Open every listing and check yourself |
| Alert latency | Usually about a second after we detect a listing | You find it whenever you next check |
| Re-bumped old ads | Filtered on Craigslist — alerts only on listings genuinely posted in the last ~24 hours | Renewed old ads look brand-new |
| Overnight and at work | Managed plans run 24/7 with every device off | Coverage stops when you do |
JDMarket cadence and daily listing-check allowances are code-verified and enforced server-side (verified 2026-07-02). The manual column describes refreshing marketplace search pages yourself — no third-party tool is characterized. On Facebook, every tool also waits out Facebook’s own ~7-minute listing approval; Craigslist has no equivalent delay.
Price bands: one cap per model-year
Most alert tools take one price cap per search. Flipping doesn’t work that way — a fair price on a 2016 is a steal on a 2019. JDMarket’s per-model, per-year price bands let one watch carry a separate cap for each year range: tell the JD Assistant something like “2018–2020: 18000, 2021+: 25000” and each band is enforced deterministically on every alert, on Facebook and Craigslist alike. Set each cap under typical asking for that year range and the watch goes quiet on correctly-priced cars — the alerts you do get are the outliers priced below your line for their year.
Filters that match how flippers source
Flips usually come from private owners — dealer listings are usually already priced at retail — so vehicle watches carry a private-seller vs dealer switch, and on Craigslist that’s a real category switch (owner listings vs dealer listings). Clean-title-only keeps salvage and rebuilt titles out of your alerts to protect resale, and a mileage cap drops the worn-out ones. We’re precise about how this works: these filters are enforced by our AI, which reads each candidate listing’s stated details against your rules — not by marketplace search parameters (the Craigslist owner/dealer category is the one true switch). Facebook watches also take a distance filter (1–500 km, applied by our worker); Craigslist watches lock to your nearest metro, resolved automatically from your city.
Every-minute checks, only genuinely fresh listings
On Pro ($45/mo), 2 of your 10 watches check every minute and the other 8 every 5 minutes; on Premium ($80/mo), all 10 check every minute. When a check turns up a match, the alert goes out usually about a second after we detect the listing, with the photo, price, and a 1–5 AI score. Two honesty notes flippers should know: on Facebook, every tool — ours included — waits out Facebook’s own ~7-minute listing approval before a new listing is visible at all. Craigslist has no such delay, and there we add a freshness gate: alerts fire only on listings whose original post date is inside ~24 hours, so renewed and re-bumped old ads never masquerade as fresh inventory.
What a realistic flip workflow looks like
Say you flip compact commuters. You set two watches — Civics and Corollas — each with bands under typical asking for 2016–2018 and 2019+, private-seller-only, clean-title-only, and a 120k-mile cap. Tuesday, 2 p.m., you’re at work when a push lands: a 2019 Civic from a private seller, posted on Craigslist minutes earlier, priced inside your band, scored 5/5. You open the listing from the alert and message the seller within a couple of minutes. Maybe it’s the real thing; maybe the photos hide rust — inspecting, negotiating, and reselling are still your job, and we won’t promise you a margin. What JDMarket did was check that search every minute while you worked and screen out the dealers, salvage titles, and re-bumped ads in between.
Questions
What is a car flipping alerts app?+
A tool that watches marketplace car searches for you and alerts when a listing matches your rules. JDMarket watches Facebook Marketplace plus Craigslist in the US (all 413 metro sites) — Canadian and UK accounts get Kijiji and Gumtree instead — scores every listing 1–5 with AI, and delivers alerts by native push or Telegram. Managed plans are $30–$80/mo, and the iPhone app is live on the App Store.
How do price bands catch mispriced cars?+
You give each model-year range its own cap on one watch — for example “2018–2020: 18000, 2021+: 25000”. Set each cap under typical asking for that range and correctly-priced listings never alert; the ones that do are priced below your line for their year. Bands are enforced deterministically at alert time on every marketplace JDMarket watches.
Can I get alerts only for private sellers and clean titles?+
Yes — vehicle watches include private-seller vs dealer, clean-title-only (salvage, rebuilt, and lien titles filtered out), a mileage cap, year range, transmission, and fuel type. Our AI checks each listing’s stated details against these rules on Facebook and Craigslist alike; on Craigslist, private seller vs dealer is a real category switch rather than an AI judgment.
How fast are the alerts?+
Fast watches check every minute (2 of 10 on Pro at $45/mo; all 10 on Premium at $80/mo), and the alert goes out usually about a second after we detect a listing. Honest caveat: on Facebook, every tool waits out Facebook’s own ~7-minute listing approval before a new listing is publicly visible. Craigslist has no equivalent delay — and there we only alert on listings genuinely posted in the last ~24 hours.
How much does it cost, and is there a free trial?+
Basic is $30/mo (2 watches every 5 minutes, 8 every 10, up to 2,000 listing checks a day), Pro is $45/mo (2 watches every minute, up to 3,000 checks a day), and Premium is $80/mo (all 10 every minute, up to 6,000). Only Basic — and the $29.99/mo Desktop app, which watches Facebook only — has a 3-day free trial: card on file, auto-renews after day 3, cancel anytime. Pro and Premium are card-upfront with no trial. And to be clear about what you’re buying: speed and filtering — no tool can promise profitable flips.
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