Mercari alerts for your saved searches.
GrailHound keeps a constant watch and notifies you within minutes of a new listing going live. New matches land in your feed, your inbox, and on your phone.
Set up Mercari’s own alerts: on the web in the app
Does Mercari notify you of new listings?
Yes. Save a search and Mercari can notify you by push or email when new items match it.
Is it possible to make Mercari alerts faster?
No. There is no setting for it, on the website or in the app. The faster option is checking yourself: open your saved search and switch the sort from “Best match” to “Newest first”, so fresh listings are always on top.
Subscribe to Mercari alerts on the web.
A saved search is the only alerting Mercari offers.
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Search
Sign in to and search for the keyword you’re looking for on mercari.com and click “Save this search”, above the results on the right.
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Save
The button flips to “Search saved”. There is no channel choice at this point: push and email alerts are both enabled by default.
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Manage saved searches
The bookmark icon in the header opens your saved searches, on the Favorites page. Each search has a small menu with two options, “Pin” and “Remove”.
The entire menu for a saved search -
Configure notification channels
Notification channels are configured on the account level, not individual searches. Go to Settings, then Notifications, and under “Buying” tick “New items for your saved searches” for push, email, or both.
In the Buying group of notification settings
Are Mercari alerts reliable?
For a casual watch, they’re fine. You save the search once and Mercari will occasionaly notify you.
This works well for casual searching, but rare or underpriced listing tends to sell before the alert lands.
Subscribe to Mercari alerts in the app.
In the app, the same saved search is a switch on the results screen.
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Search
Search, then flip on “Save this search”. The switch is right above the results.
Filters above, results below, the switch between them -
Save
A window pops up to let you make a last minute change to the keyword. Tap “Save search” and the search is saved.
Mercari’s second and last word on timing -
Where they live
Saved searches are found on the Favorites tab, under “Saved search”.
Saved as “jordan 1”, filters set to “Any” -
Turning off the search
The three dots next to a search open a menu with “Remove” and “Pin”. Remove the search to stop receiving alerts.
The whole menu: two options
How to set up Mercari alerts with GrailHound.
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Frequently asked by fellow collectors.
01 Why aren't my Mercari saved-search notifications working?
02 How often does Mercari send saved-search alerts?
03 Does Mercari alert you about price drops?
04 What is GrailHound?
05 Why would I use GrailHound versus searching directly?
06 How often do you search?
07 How are alerts sent?
08 Am I notified of every single new listing?
09 Do you buy or bid for me?
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