The car-buyer's Craigslist alerts.
JDMarket sends Craigslist car alerts: it watches the cars-and-trucks searches you choose across all 413 US Craigslist metro sites and sends push and Telegram notifications when a match appears. A car watch can flip a real Craigslist category switch — cars by owner or by dealer — and layer on a mileage cap, clean-title-only, a year range, and a different price cap per model-year, with transmission and fuel type checked by AI against each listing’s details. Alerts only fire for used cars genuinely posted in the last ~24 hours; renewed and re-bumped ads are filtered out. Pick your city once and the nearest metro is resolved automatically. Craigslist watches are included on every managed plan from $30/mo (Basic — 3-day free trial, card on file, auto-renews, cancel anytime). The iPhone app is live on the App Store.
The short answer
- JDMarket watches Craigslist cars & trucks around the clock and sends push + Telegram notifications with the photo, price, and a 1–5 AI score. Craigslist watches are included on every managed plan: Basic $30/mo, Pro $45/mo, Premium $80/mo.
- Cars by owner vs dealer is a genuine Craigslist category switch on the watch — owner searches “cars & trucks — by owner”, dealer searches “by dealer” — not a soft keyword filter. Mileage caps, clean-title-only, year ranges, transmission, and fuel type are enforced by our AI against each listing’s details.
- Alerts fire only for cars genuinely posted in the last ~24 hours; renewed and re-bumped ads are filtered out. Craigslist’s own saved-search emails explicitly include renewed and reposted posts (craigslist.org help, verified 2026-07-02).
- Coverage is all 413 US Craigslist metro sites — pick your city once and the nearest metro is resolved automatically. Craigslist watches are US-only and managed-plan-only; the $29.99/mo Desktop App watches Facebook Marketplace only.
Works on
| JDMarket | Refreshing Craigslist yourself | |
|---|---|---|
| Checks per day | Around the clock — every-minute checks on Premium (all 10 watches) and Pro’s 2 fast slots; every 5–10 minutes on Basic | Only while you’re awake and looking |
| Cars by owner vs dealer | One switch on the watch — a genuine Craigslist category (“by owner” / “by dealer”) | Same categories — you just have to keep re-opening them |
| Clean-title-only | Yes — AI checks each listing’s title status against your rule; salvage and rebuilt cars are dropped | You read every ad yourself |
| Mileage cap | Yes — set a maximum; AI checks it against the listing’s details | You read every ad yourself |
| Price caps per model-year | Yes — e.g. 2018–2020 up to $18,000 and 2021+ up to $25,000, in one watch | A separate search per year range, every time |
| Alert delivery | Native push (iPhone app live on the App Store) + Telegram, with photo, price, and a 1–5 AI score | None — you find out when you look |
| Freshness | Only cars genuinely posted in the last ~24 hours; renewed and re-bumped ads are filtered out | Renewed and re-posted ads can look brand new — you sort them out yourself |
JDMarket capabilities code-verified 2026-07-02. Owner vs dealer is a genuine Craigslist category; JDMarket’s mileage, title, transmission, and fuel rules are enforced by our AI against each listing’s details — they are not Craigslist search parameters. Craigslist’s own saved-search email alerts run on a variable, results-based schedule, cap at 20 results per email, and include renewed, reposted, and edited posts (craigslist.org/about/help/account/features/alerts, verified 2026-07-02).
Cars by owner is where the underpriced deals show up
Dealers reprice their inventory against the market; private owners often set a number and leave it. That’s why the “cars & trucks — by owner” category is where mispriced used cars tend to appear — and why a JDMarket car watch flips a real Craigslist category switch: choose private owner and the watch searches by-owner listings, choose dealer and it searches by-dealer. It’s a genuine Craigslist category, not a keyword filter, so a by-owner watch never spends an alert on dealer stock.
Car-buyer filters that read the listing, not just the headline
Every Craigslist car watch takes a mileage cap, clean-title-only, a year range, and a different price cap per model-year — plus transmission and fuel type. Except for the owner/dealer category switch, these are not Craigslist search parameters: our AI checks each listing’s details against your rules before anything reaches your phone. A make/model gate drops look-alikes too, so a Honda Civic watch ignores Corollas. Alerts arrive on push and Telegram with the photo, price, a 1–5 score, and a direct link to the ad.
Only genuinely new listings — re-bumped ads don’t ping you
JDMarket alerts only on cars whose original post date is within roughly the last 24 hours, so renewed and re-posted old ads are filtered out — Craigslist’s own saved-search emails, by contrast, explicitly include renewed and reposted posts (craigslist.org help, verified 2026-07-02). And unlike Facebook Marketplace, which holds new listings in its own ~7-minute approval before anyone can see them, Craigslist has no approval delay — so a fast cadence matters. Premium checks all 10 watches every minute, Pro checks 2 every minute and 8 every 5 minutes, and alerts go out usually about a second after we detect a listing.
All 413 US metros, one city picker
Craigslist is organized into metro sites, and JDMarket covers all 413 in the US. You don’t need to know which one is yours: pick your city once and the nearest metro is resolved automatically (you can override it). Craigslist car watches run on the managed plans — nothing to install, no computer left on, no login to any marketplace. Every watch picks its marketplace: Facebook Marketplace everywhere JDMarket operates, plus Craigslist in the US, Kijiji in Canada, and Gumtree in the UK — all included on every managed plan. The one exception is the $29.99/mo Desktop App, which watches Facebook Marketplace only.
Questions
How do I get alerts for new car listings on Craigslist?+
Create a car watch in the JDMarket app: pick Craigslist as the marketplace, your city (the nearest of 413 US metro sites is resolved automatically), the make and model, and your rules — private owner or dealer, a mileage cap, clean-title-only, a year range, and a price cap per model-year. JDMarket checks the search on your plan’s cadence and sends push and Telegram notifications with the photo, price, and a 1–5 AI score. The iPhone app is live on the App Store; Android is coming soon.
Does Craigslist have its own car alerts?+
Yes — with a Craigslist account you can save a search and receive email alerts. Per Craigslist’s own help pages (verified 2026-07-02), those emails run on a variable schedule based on how many results the last alert had, cap at 20 results each, and explicitly include renewed, reposted, and edited posts. A JDMarket watch works differently: it checks on a fixed cadence set by your plan, delivers to native push and Telegram with a 1–5 AI score, and filters out re-bumped ads so you only hear about cars genuinely posted in the last ~24 hours.
Can I get alerts for Craigslist cars by owner only?+
Yes. Set the seller type on a car watch to private owner and it searches Craigslist’s genuine “cars & trucks — by owner” category; set it to dealer and it searches “by dealer”. This is a real Craigslist category switch, not a keyword filter — a by-owner watch never alerts on dealer inventory.
How fast are JDMarket’s Craigslist car alerts?+
It depends on your plan’s cadence: Premium ($80/mo) checks all 10 watches every minute; Pro ($45/mo) checks 2 watches every minute and the other 8 every 5 minutes; Basic ($30/mo) checks 2 watches every 5 minutes and the other 8 every 10 minutes. Alerts are sent usually about a second after we detect a listing. Craigslist also has no Facebook-style ~7-minute listing-approval delay, so fresh posts are visible to our checks right away.
How much do Craigslist car alerts cost, and is there a free trial?+
Craigslist car watches are included on every managed plan — Basic $30/mo, Pro $45/mo, Premium $80/mo, each with 10 active watches. Only Basic has a trial: 3 days free with a card on file, auto-renews after the trial, cancel anytime. Pro and Premium are card-upfront with no trial. The $29.99/mo Desktop App is a separate product that watches Facebook Marketplace only — it does not cover Craigslist.
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