How to write a Facebook Marketplace listing that sells
Facebook Marketplace buyers scroll a feed of everything from sofas to cars. Your title has to say plainly what the item is, and the description should sound like a neighbour selling something good.
What a good Facebook Marketplace listing looks like
- A title that says what it is: brand, item, size and colour.
- A short, friendly opening and a sentence or two on why it is worth having.
- The key facts on their own lines: size, material, condition and measurements.
- Any flaws, then a line inviting people to message.
Lengths SnapList writes to
| Title | Up to 100 characters |
|---|---|
| Description | Up to 5,000 characters |
| Tags | None |
| Seller fee (US) | 10% when shipped, min $0.80 |
These are the limits SnapList holds its Facebook Marketplace listings to. Fees checked 2026-11-14; check Facebook Marketplace’s own help pages for the latest.
How SnapList writes for Facebook Marketplace
- Local and conversational, and kept short.
- No hashtags, and nothing about pickup, meeting places or delivery: you add those yourself.
Every SnapList listing follows the same honesty rules on every marketplace: brand, size and material only from a visible label, every flaw in the photos or your notes stated plainly, your measurements if you add them, and nothing invented. If a fact isn’t known, it’s left out.
You copy the title, description and details into the Facebook Marketplace app one tap at a time, and save the photos to your camera roll so Facebook Marketplace’s photo picker finds them. SnapList never logs in to Facebook Marketplace or posts for you.
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Photos in, listings out.
Take a few photos and get a listing for every marketplace you sell on, with flaws stated plainly and nothing made up. Free to start, with 5 listings a month.