Can You Schedule Facebook Marketplace Posts? What Works Today
Facebook has no built-in way to schedule Marketplace listings. Here is what Meta Business Suite can and cannot schedule, and how sellers publish Marketplace listings at set times.
Facebook does not offer a built-in way to schedule a Marketplace listing for later; listings go live when you publish them. Meta Business Suite schedules posts for Facebook Pages and Instagram, not Marketplace listings. To publish Marketplace listings at set times, sellers use a browser tool such as MarketPilot, a Chrome extension that publishes and renews your listings at one time on the selected days.
The short answer
At the time of writing, the Marketplace listing form has no "schedule" option. A listing is published the moment you press Publish.
So "scheduling" Marketplace in practice means having something publish the listing for you at the time you choose.
What Meta Business Suite schedules
Meta Business Suite (and the Page tools inside Facebook) can schedule posts, stories and reels for a Facebook Page and its linked Instagram account.
A Page post that mentions a product is not a Marketplace listing: it does not appear in Marketplace search or in the Marketplace feed of people near you.
How to publish Marketplace listings at set times
A Chrome extension can fill in the Marketplace form for you, in your own logged-in Facebook session, at the times you choose. That is how MarketPilot works.
- Register each product once: photos, title, description, price, category, condition and location
- Choose one time and the days of the week
- At the scheduled time, MarketPilot deletes the old listings of your active products, confirms they are gone and publishes fresh copies
- Each copy can use a different cover, title and description from the ones you registered
What you need
Google Chrome on a computer that is on and awake at the scheduled times, with Chrome open; it does not run on phones. One Facebook account per MarketPilot account. MarketPilot never asks for your Facebook password.
It is free for up to 4 listings live at a time. Unlimited costs US$ 5.99 a month or US$ 39.99 a year.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Meta Business Suite schedule Marketplace listings?
No. It schedules Page and Instagram posts. Marketplace listings are created from the Marketplace form.
Is there a Marketplace scheduler app for phones?
MarketPilot runs only in Chrome on a computer. It does not work on phones.
Will a scheduled round run if my computer is asleep?
No. The computer must be awake with Chrome open at the scheduled time; a sleeping computer misses the round.
Ready to manage Marketplace listings faster?
Install MarketPilot, register your products once and let it relist your Facebook Marketplace listings on your schedule. Free for up to 4 listings live at a time.