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Guides, market notes and product news from the Crawlbench team.

Guides

How to filter out dealers on Facebook Marketplace car searches

Facebook Marketplace has no private-seller filter. The exclude words that clear most trade ads, how to spot a dealer who doesn't say so, what you give up, and how to set seller and word exclusions in a Crawlbench search.

For teams

How to get Facebook Marketplace alerts in Discord

Three ways to send new Facebook Marketplace listings to a Discord channel, how to connect Discord in Crawlbench on the free Day Pass or any plan, what a useful alert contains, and how to run a team channel.

Guides

How to negotiate on Facebook Marketplace as a buyer: a first offer backed by comps

How much to offer on Facebook Marketplace, how to justify it with similar listings, what to say, when a lowball backfires, how to negotiate a car, and what to do at pickup.

Guides

How to flip cars on Facebook Marketplace: sourcing, pricing and the first message

A step-by-step guide to flipping cars bought from private sellers on Facebook Marketplace: what you buy, pricing against similar listings, vetting, the first message, title and resale.

Guides

How many cars can you sell without a dealer license? A state-by-state table

Private-sale limits for Florida, Texas, California, Michigan, Ohio and Georgia, each linked to the statute or state agency page, plus what curbstoning is and when a dealer license makes sense.

Guides

Best car flipping apps in 2026, compared on price checks, speed and trial

Crawlbench is the best car flipping app in 2026 for Facebook Marketplace buyers, with the usual price of similar cars on every listing, plus the valuation and history tools you still need.

What's new

Product changes, newest first.

One sentence for each change, with a link to read more.

  1. Opened listings move to a new Seen tab on Home and on each search, so New holds only what nobody on your team has opened yet. Mark as new puts one back.

  2. Clear the rest hides every listing older than 2 days in one move, with one Undo.

  3. Busy teams open Home on Today's best: the best-priced new listings first, grouped by how good the price is.

  4. Analyze with AI on a search: say what's wrong in your own words and get up to 3 changes, each with how many listings it adds or leaves out and real listings to show it. Ask for deals and it suggests price check changes.

  5. Choose how often email and Telegram alerts reach you (Instant, every 15 minutes, every hour or once a day at 08:00), for your account or one search, and set quiet hours when nothing is sent. Slack and Discord still post at once.

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