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Search keywords or AI match criteria: where should each detail go?
Learn what to put in the marketplace keyword, what belongs in AI match criteria, and how to review an AI-assisted search before saving.
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Fix noisy results, weak alerts and difficult marketplace searches.
Use a general search guide or choose a marketplace-specific solution for common filter, location and result problems.
FILTERS AND AI MATCHING
Get specific about what should match.
Worked examples for required words, exclusions, exact phrases, AI criteria and location limits.
Start with the complete filter overview5 min read
Require or exclude words in marketplace listing titles
Use Flipinator title filters to require useful words, remove repeated mismatches and combine alternatives without accidentally hiding good listings.
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Use whole words and exact phrases in marketplace filters
Understand commas, double quotes and case-insensitive matching in Flipinator word filters, with practical examples that avoid accidental exclusions.
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Find the actual item, not accessories, spare parts or wanted posts
Reduce empty boxes, accessory-only listings, repair projects and wanted posts with precise title exclusions and clear AI buying criteria.
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Filter marketplace listings by location and a realistic pickup area
Combine a confirmed search location, distance and location-text filters without treating a radius as a driving-time or delivery guarantee.
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Why was a marketplace listing filtered out of my matches?
Use Feed and your saved search to trace unwanted exclusions, distinguish title filters from AI criteria, and improve a search one change at a time.
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Use marketplace categories and condition filters without false assumptions
Understand which category, condition and vehicle filters Flipinator can show, why options vary by marketplace, and when to add plain-language criteria.
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Keep a specific title exception without loosening every filter
Learn when Flipinator’s Always keep a match title option is useful, which other checks still apply, and why a precise exception matters.
Read the practical guidePHONES AND ACCOUNTS
Take useful searches with you.
Get started on your phone, tune interruptions and keep one account across devices.
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Set up Flipinator on your phone, from sign-in to your first search
A practical first-use guide for Flipinator on iPhone and Android: sign in, choose a marketplace, review AI criteria, save a search and allow alerts.
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Get useful marketplace phone alerts without constant interruption
Separate noisy search results from phone notification settings, use device controls for quiet delivery, and troubleshoot matches that appear without an alert.
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Use one Flipinator account across the web, iPhone and Android
Keep searches and capacity together across devices, understand per-device alerts, and restore store purchases without creating a second subscription.
Read the practical guideGENERAL GUIDES
Create and improve a focused search.
These steps apply across every supported marketplace.
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Make a secondhand offer with a clear price and practical terms
Prepare a secondhand offer, write a useful message, respond to a counteroffer and confirm what is included before arranging payment or collection.
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How to write marketplace searches that find relevant listings
Turn a vague item idea into a clear marketplace search using seller language, useful alternatives and only the limits that matter.
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Choose price, distance and condition without hiding good finds
Set practical marketplace search limits around the real cost, collection effort and condition you are prepared to accept.
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Reduce irrelevant marketplace matches without over-filtering
Tidy a noisy marketplace search by identifying repeat patterns, changing one detail at a time and protecting useful edge cases.
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How to search more than one marketplace without mixing the results
Use separate Flipinator searches for separate marketplaces while keeping names, locations and buying decisions consistent.
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Set up marketplace alerts on a browser, phone or tablet
Set up Flipinator alerts after saving a search, manage permission on each device, and troubleshoot matches that reach Feed without a notification.
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Review new marketplace matches without falling back into browsing
Use Flipinator Feed as a short decision queue, expand useful details in place and open only the listings worth closer attention.
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How to review a secondhand listing before contacting the seller
Review marketplace photos, identity, condition, completeness, seller context and total cost before contacting a seller or arranging pickup.
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Create a safety plan before buying from a marketplace
Prepare your verification, meeting, payment and walk-away decisions before a promising secondhand listing appears.
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Troubleshoot a marketplace search with few or no matches
Diagnose a quiet Flipinator search by checking Feed, active status, marketplace, location and restrictive criteria before deciding what to change or wait for.
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When to pause, edit or delete a marketplace search
Decide whether to pause, edit, start another or delete a Flipinator search when your item, marketplace, location or priority changes.
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Understand Flipinator search slots and checking intervals
Count active Flipinator searches by timing, reuse a paused slot, understand why capacity cannot change intervals, and separate search controls from billing.
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How to use AI to draft a marketplace search you can review
Write a useful buying brief, review the proposed keyword and match details, correct assumptions, and improve the search with real listings.
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Will it fit? Measure secondhand furniture before you buy
Measure the room, access route, collection vehicle and useful furniture dimensions before saving a secondhand marketplace search.
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How to find the right replacement part by model and part number
Identify the model, part number, revision and fit evidence you need before creating a marketplace search for a replacement component.
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How to arrange secondhand collection before you travel
Confirm the item, pickup window, access, transport and inspection plan before collecting a secondhand purchase, and know what to do when arrangements change.
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Untested or for spares? Check what you are buying before making an offer
Assess secondhand listings marked untested, powers on or for spares. Separate missing evidence from known faults and decide whether a repair project fits your needs.
Read the practical guideMARKETPLACE GUIDES
Solve problems on the marketplace you use.
Choose a marketplace for practical ways to reduce irrelevant results and improve alerts.
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Facebook Marketplace alerts not working? Build a search you can trust
Work around late alerts, repeated results, location drift and broad Facebook Marketplace matches with a focused independent search.
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Fix an eBay saved search that alerts late or finds the wrong item
Make eBay searches more useful when alerts lag, international results leak in, or parts and accessories crowd out the item.
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Gumtree Australia search problems: distance, dealer stock and stale ads
Build a cleaner Gumtree Australia search when the radius drifts, commercial stock repeats, or old and unrelated ads dominate.
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How to improve Gumtree UK search radius and irrelevant results
Create a practical Gumtree UK alert when distant ads, keyword stuffing, services or similar models obscure local used items.
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Get Craigslist alerts across cities without refreshing the same listings
Organise Craigslist searches by city, reduce dealer reposts and notice genuinely new local listings without a wall of tabs.
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Kijiji saved search alerts not updating? Rebuild the buying brief
Keep a Canadian Kijiji search useful when notifications are slow, saved criteria are hard to manage, or dealer listings add noise.
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Clean up Trade Me favourite search notifications and duplicate listings
Reduce relists, new retail stock, keyword noise and location confusion in a focused Trade Me search.
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OfferUp search alerts random, missing or unrelated? Start here
Create a stable OfferUp search when saved alerts disappear, promotional notifications distract, or expanded matching finds random items.
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Vinted new listing alerts and filters for hard-to-find clothes
Follow a specific Vinted item when new-listing alerts are limited, filters reset, or cases and unrelated sizes crowd the results.
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Poshmark search filters, Just In sorting and notification noise
Find a specific Poshmark item when saved filters move, keyword stuffing widens results, or activity notifications bury new listings.
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Mercari saved search notifications, relists and unrelated results
Notice genuinely useful Mercari listings when alerts lag, keyword stuffing widens results, or the same relisted items return.
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Pinkbike BuySell alerts, filters and stale bike listings
Find a suitable bike or component when old listings linger, shop inventory adds noise, and fit or standards need more precision.
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Auto Trader search filters for exact trims, distance and real prices
Build a vehicle search when similar trims, sponsored alternatives, distant cars or finance figures obscure the right listing.
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CarGurus search alerts for the right model, mileage and distance
Build a structured CarGurus vehicle search when nearby trims, wide distances, finance figures or repeated stock make comparisons difficult.
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Cazoo search filters for cars, vans and motorbikes
Create a useful Cazoo vehicle alert when broad model families, postcode distance and specification differences complicate the shortlist.
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Chrono24 search filters, alerts and exact watch references
Search Chrono24 by reference and configuration when automatic model filters, broad functions or incomplete data hide useful watches.
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