Craigslist alerts for all 413 US metros.
JDMarket is a Craigslist alert app. Tell it what you’re hunting — a couch, an iPhone, a work truck — and it watches the searches you choose across all 413 US Craigslist metro sites, checking every minute on fast tiers. AI scores each new listing 1–5 against your plain-language rules, and matches arrive as Telegram messages and iPhone push notifications, usually about a second after we detect a listing. Unlike Craigslist’s own saved-search emails, JDMarket only alerts on ads genuinely posted in the last ~24 hours — renewed and re-bumped old posts are filtered out. Pick your city once and it resolves your nearest Craigslist metro automatically. Craigslist watches are available to US accounts on every managed plan, from $30/mo (Basic, with a 3-day free trial — card on file, auto-renews, cancel anytime).
The short answer
- JDMarket watches Craigslist across all 413 US metro sites and checks every minute on fast tiers — Pro ($45/mo) runs 2 of its 10 watches every minute, Premium ($80/mo) runs all 10 — with plans from $30/mo (Basic, 3-day free trial, card on file).
- Every new listing is scored 1–5 by AI against your plain-language rules, with a make/model gate so a “Honda Civic” watch ignores Corollas, and delivered by Telegram + iPhone push — usually about a second after we detect it. The iPhone app is live on the App Store; Android is coming soon.
- Fresh listings only: alerts fire solely for ads genuinely posted in the last ~24 hours — renewed and re-bumped posts are filtered out. Craigslist’s own saved-search emails include renewed, reposted, and edited posts (craigslist.org help, verified July 2026).
- Craigslist has no Facebook-style listing-approval delay — new ads are visible as soon as they’re posted — so your tool’s checking cadence is the only delay that matters. Craigslist watches are offered to US accounts on the managed plans; the $29.99 Desktop app watches Facebook only.
Works on
| JDMarket | Craigslist saved-search emails | |
|---|---|---|
| How new listings reach you | Telegram + iPhone push with the photo, price, and a 1–5 AI score | Email only, up to 20 results per message |
| Check cadence | Every minute on fast tiers (Pro: 2 watches, Premium: all 10); Basic checks every 5–10 minutes | Variable — frequency depends on how many results the last alert had; no fixed interval published |
| Renewed / re-bumped old ads | Filtered out — only listings genuinely posted in the last ~24 hours alert | Included — alerts cover renewed, reposted, and edited posts |
| Deal filtering | AI scores every listing 1–5 against plain-language rules, with a make/model gate | Whatever your saved search’s own filters match — no scoring |
| Metro coverage | All 413 US metros; the nearest one is auto-resolved from your city (override anytime) | Scoped to the metro site you saved the search on |
| Per-model / per-year price caps | Yes — one watch, several models or years, each with its own cap | No — a saved search keeps only its own filters |
| Price | From $30/mo (Basic, 3-day free trial); Pro $45/mo, Premium $80/mo | Free with a Craigslist account |
Craigslist saved-search alert behavior first-party verified at craigslist.org/about/help/account/features/alerts on 2026-07-02: alerts are emails sent when a saved search has new results; “the frequency of searches are based on the number of results in the last alert”; a maximum of 20 results per email; and “search alerts include renewed, reposted, and edited posts.” JDMarket figures are code-verified. Craigslist may change how its alerts work — re-verify before relying on this.
Every metro, one city picker
Craigslist is organized into hundreds of separate metro sites, and a search there is scoped to one site at a time. JDMarket covers all 413 US metros: type your city once and it resolves your nearest Craigslist metro automatically — you can override it if you’d rather watch a different one. Craigslist watches are available to US accounts on every managed plan; Basic, Pro, and Premium all include them alongside Facebook Marketplace at no extra charge. The $29.99/mo Desktop app is a separate product that watches Facebook only.
No approval delay — the check cadence is the whole game
Facebook Marketplace holds new listings in review for several minutes before anyone can see them, a delay that applies to every alert tool equally. Craigslist has no such approval step: a new ad is visible as soon as it’s posted. That makes how often your tool checks the deciding factor. JDMarket’s Pro tier ($45/mo) checks 2 of your 10 watches every minute and the other 8 every 5 minutes; Premium ($80/mo) checks all 10 every minute; Basic ($30/mo) checks every 5–10 minutes. When a check finds a match, the alert goes out usually about a second after we detect the listing.
Fresh listings only — re-bumped ads don’t ping you
Craigslist sellers renew and repost old ads constantly, and Craigslist’s own saved-search emails include renewed, reposted, and edited posts (per craigslist.org help, verified July 2026). JDMarket takes the opposite stance: a Craigslist alert only fires when the ad’s original post date is within roughly the last 24 hours, so a stale listing bumped back to the top never rings your phone. On top of the freshness rule, AI scores each listing 1–5 against your plain-language description — price, condition words, whatever you care about — and a make/model gate drops look-alikes.
Set up a Craigslist tracker by chatting
You don’t assemble a wall of dropdowns. Tell the JD Assistant what you want — “2015+ Tacoma under $20k near Austin” — and it asks which marketplace to search, suggests your nearest Craigslist metro, and follows up with tappable quick replies for the details (for vehicles: year range, mileage cap, even a different budget per model-year). Alerts go to Telegram, iPhone push, or both, each carrying the photo, price, AI score, and a direct link, and a sent-alerts inbox keeps a searchable history of everything your watches have sent. The iPhone app is live on the App Store (June 2026); Android is coming soon.
Questions
Does Craigslist have built-in search alerts?+
Yes. With a Craigslist account you can save a search and tick its “alert” box to get email alerts — and they’re free, which is a genuine plus. First-party verified at craigslist.org in July 2026: they’re email-only, capped at 20 results per message, sent on a variable schedule (Craigslist says the frequency depends on how many results your last alert had — no fixed interval is published), and they include renewed, reposted, and edited posts. JDMarket is for when that isn’t enough: every-minute checks on fast tiers, Telegram + iPhone push, AI 1–5 scoring, and only genuinely new listings.
How fast are JDMarket’s Craigslist alerts?+
Fast tiers check every minute — Pro ($45/mo) runs 2 of your 10 watches every minute, Premium ($80/mo) runs all 10 — and the alert is sent usually about a second after we detect a listing. No tool can honestly promise more than its checking cadence. The good news on Craigslist is that new ads are visible as soon as they’re posted (there’s no Facebook-style approval delay), so the cadence is the only delay that matters.
Which Craigslist sites does JDMarket cover?+
All 413 US Craigslist metro sites. You pick your city once and JDMarket resolves the nearest metro automatically; you can override it manually. Craigslist watches are offered to US accounts — Canadian accounts get Kijiji, UK accounts get Gumtree, and Facebook Marketplace works everywhere JDMarket operates.
How much do Craigslist alerts cost with JDMarket?+
Craigslist is included on every managed plan at no extra charge. Basic is $30/mo with a 3-day free trial (card on file, auto-renews monthly, cancel anytime); Pro is $45/mo and Premium is $80/mo, both card-upfront with no trial. All three plans carry 10 active watches, and each watch picks its marketplace. The $29.99/mo Desktop app is a separate product that watches Facebook Marketplace only.
Can I get Craigslist alerts for cars?+
Yes — vehicle watches add car-buyer filters: make/model and year range, a price cap per model-year, a mileage cap, clean-title-only, and private seller vs dealer. On Craigslist, owner-vs-dealer is a real category switch; the other filters are enforced by our AI reading each listing’s details against your rules. See the Craigslist car alerts page for the full breakdown.
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