How can I get real time notifications for saved searches?

[quince-medical]

How can I get real time notifications for saved searches on my Android device and/or desktop?

I wasn't able to find anything like this through my previous searches.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[eburtonlab]

@quince-medical 

There are third-party services that offer so many searches per day -- google "automated searches ebay" for some examples.

Last time I looked one such service provided 500 free searches per day, which could be divided up as you choose: 500 individual searches, once per day; or 5 searches run every 15 minutes; or 20 searches run once per hour, etc. Not strictly "real-time" but better than eBay's once-per-day saved searches. If you want more searches or to run them more frequently, you will likely have to pay for the service, though.

[quince-medical]

Thanks for the reply.  Do you have any recommendations for paid services or do you strictly use free services?

[eburtonlab]

@quince-medical 

I have not paid for any of the services, but I have tried a few free searches.

I used automatedsearches.com to set up some very rare searches and had some useful email hits when something was listed.