Get notified about newly listed used cars on Facebook Marketplace & Craigslist
Get to the right used car before anyone else
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What is Carbeam?
Get to the right used car before anyone else.
Carbeam keeps an eye on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist for you and sends you the used cars that actually fit what you're looking for, usually a few minutes after they're posted.
Anyone who has shopped for a car on these sites knows the problem. The good private-party deals are gone in an hour or two, so you end up refreshing the app all evening and scrolling past dealer ads, reposts and "runs great" cars that need a new transmission. The site filters don't help much, because sellers skip half the fields or fill them in wrong. Filter by mileage and you hide every car where nobody bothered to enter it.
So Carbeam doesn't rely on the form fields. It reads each new listing the way you would: the title, the full description and the photos. From that it works out the stuff that matters, like mileage, title status, how many owners the car has had, whether it's been in an accident, whether it's modified, and whether it needs work or doesn't run at all. Only then is the car checked against your search.
Setting up a search takes about five minutes. You pick makes and models, price, mileage and year, then narrow it down with the rest of the filters: body type, fuel, drivetrain, transmission, colors, interior, one owner, no accidents, clean title, private sellers only and so on. The area can be a radius around your town, a handful of states or the whole US.
When something matches, you get an email or a WhatsApp message with a photo, the price and a link to the listing. Every match also shows up on your dashboard, where you can browse them as a grid or on a map.
There are two plans. Basic is for people buying a car for themselves and covers two saved searches. Pro is for flippers, mechanics and dealers. It allows ten searches, can search every make at once, and lets you go looking for the cars Basic only filters out: salvage and rebuilt titles, wrecked cars, non-runners, and commercial trucks like box trucks and flatbeds.
Every account starts with a 7-day free trial with everything unlocked, and you don't need a card for it. For now Carbeam only covers the US.
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Carbeam Key Features
Alerts for new listings on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist
Carbeam checks both sites around the clock and sends you an email or a WhatsApp message a few minutes after a matching car is posted. You don't have to keep refreshing the app, and you get to message the seller while the car is still for sale.
Reads the whole listing, not just the form fields
Sellers often leave fields blank or fill them in wrong, so the site filters miss good cars. Carbeam reads the title, the full description and the photos. From those it works out the mileage, title status, number of owners, accident history, whether the car is modified and whether it needs work.
15+ filters that actually work
Search by make and model, price, mileage, year, body type, fuel, drivetrain, transmission, color and interior. You can also narrow it down to things the marketplaces can't filter by, like one owner, no accidents, clean title or private sellers only.
Search anywhere in the US
Search a radius around your town, a few states you'd drive to, or the whole country. You can save more than one search with different areas, for example a local search for daily drivers and a nationwide one for a rare model.
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Who uses Carbeam?
People buying a used car for themselves
You want a reliable car at a fair price and you're tired of scrolling Marketplace every evening. Set up a search with your budget, the models you like and deal-breakers like a salvage title or accident history. Then get on with your day until something good comes up nearby.
Enthusiasts hunting for a specific car
You're after a particular model, trim or spec, like a manual, a certain color or a one-owner car. Cars like that might come up a few times a month somewhere in the country. Carbeam watches the whole US for them, so you hear about one the day it's posted.
Flippers and mechanics
The money is in cars other buyers skip. On the Pro plan you can search for salvage and rebuilt titles, wrecked cars, cars that need mechanical work and cars that don't run. You get to them first and can make an offer before anyone else.
Small dealers and brokers
You buy cars every week and need a steady flow of private-party inventory. Pro gives you up to ten saved searches, can search every make at once and covers commercial trucks like box trucks and flatbeds. It also allows a much higher daily alert limit than Basic.
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