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For your next car in New Zealand

A search that
keeps looking.

You know what you’re looking for. Scout keeps an eye on used cars on Trade Me, so you can spend less time repeating the same search.

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A little less searching

Our next family car

Monitoring
RV/SUVHybridCanterbury$25,000–$40,000
Matches checked after a platform update

Your search, at a glance

2 new matches. 1 price drop.
12 cars currently match your search.

Daily summary

Illustrative example. These are not live results.

Your criteria. Your shortlist.

Set it up once. Come back when there’s something worth a closer look.

  1. 1

    Make it your search

    Choose brands, body types, fuel, location, price range and minimum year. Leave anything you don’t mind unrestricted.

  2. 2

    Let Scout keep checking

    Scout refreshes its shared listing data on a schedule and checks your active monitors against each published update.

  3. 3

    Take a closer look

    See new matches in your inbox, save cars to your shortlist, and open the original Trade Me listing for the full details.

Specific about your car?
Good. So is your monitor.

Keep separate searches for different possibilities: an electric commute, a bigger family car, or a weekend project. Each monitor keeps its own filters and alert preferences.

Set filters yourself, or describe your search to Ask Scout. Review and edit its suggestion before applying it. You stay in control.

Explore search filters

Know what changed

A daily summary compares your search with the last summary:

  • New matching cars
  • Price drops
  • Cars that no longer match
  • Your current matching total

No changes? Scout says so. Expand a summary when you want the details.

How notifications work

Choose how closely to follow.

Your account plan controls data freshness. Every monitor uses the latest published data available to your plan.

Scout Free

Daily updates

For a search you’re happy to check once a day.

  • Matches and alerts from daily published data
  • Saved cars and optional daily summaries
  • Ad-supported when advertising is enabled

Scout Paid

Hourly updates

For keeping a closer eye on what’s available.

  • Matches and alerts from hourly published data
  • Saved cars and optional daily summaries
  • An ad-free workspace

Updates are scheduled, not real-time. Collection delays can occur; your workspace shows when data was last fetched. Ask about current plan availability.

Less refreshing.
More finding.

Your next search can keep going while you get on with your day.

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