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Old Mar 28, 2015 | 11:28 PM
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I am a passionate jeep owner and recently got my masters in IT. As a side project, I created a tool for jeep owners to search only jeeps for sale.

Duck Duck Jeep

The service is up and running now and any feedback I can get on the how it works from some actual jeep enthusiasts would be great!
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Hey Everyone,



I am a passionate jeep owner and recently got my masters in IT. As a side project, I created a tool for jeep owners to search only jeeps for sale.

Duck Duck Jeep

The service is up and running now and any feedback I can get on the how it works from some actual jeep enthusiasts would be great!

when searching price, do not use $$'s or commas,,,,, just put the number EX: 15000
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Does it only search Craigslist?
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Old Mar 29, 2015 | 12:07 AM
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I am just showing Craig's list data now for testing but I will also have it show autotrader & cars.com
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Old Mar 29, 2015 | 12:09 AM
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But right now I am pulling a national list of jeeps from Craig's list .. Almost 90,000 entries lol ..
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It would appear to be stateside only..........correct?

As didn't recognise UK postcode.

Seems a good idea though if it incorporates multi selling sites.
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It would appear to be stateside only..........correct?

As didn't recognise UK postcode.

Seems a good idea though if it incorporates multi selling sites.
SearchTempest.com and AutoTempest.com will search internationally. AutoTempest also searches eBay and CarsDirect in addition to Craigslist, Cars.com and AutoTrader. It also has more search parameters and is not limited to 200 miles from your location.

OP, I appreciate what you're trying to do, but someone else already beat you to it. You need to find a different angle that isn't covered by AutoTempest or SearchTempest.
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as an xj guy... would it be possible to only search for cherokee not grand cherokee?

nevermind it obviously is managed on how it is listed buy the seller

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Originally Posted by extrashaky
SearchTempest.com and AutoTempest.com will search internationally. AutoTempest also searches eBay and CarsDirect in addition to Craigslist, Cars.com and AutoTrader. It also has more search parameters and is not limited to 200 miles from your location.

OP, I appreciate what you're trying to do, but someone else already beat you to it. You need to find a different angle that isn't covered by AutoTempest or SearchTempest.
Thanks, not that I'm looking for another at the moment, but good to know.......cheers!
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nope it also searches cars.com & autotrader...
this data is still populating so it is just showing less frequently in the results right now...

once it catches up in about a day the results will be completely mixed~!
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as an xj guy... would it be possible to only search for cherokee not grand cherokee?

nevermind it obviously is managed on how it is listed buy the seller
absolutley! just punch "cherokee" into the model field and you are off to the races!
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Originally Posted by extrashaky
SearchTempest.com and AutoTempest.com will search internationally. AutoTempest also searches eBay and CarsDirect in addition to Craigslist, Cars.com and AutoTrader. It also has more search parameters and is not limited to 200 miles from your location.

OP, I appreciate what you're trying to do, but someone else already beat you to it. You need to find a different angle that isn't covered by AutoTempest or SearchTempest.
thanks for the feedback
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as an xj guy... would it be possible to only search for cherokee not grand cherokee?

nevermind it obviously is managed on how it is listed buy the seller
It boggles my mind how many people list GCs as Cherokees. So they bought these trucks and had no idea what they were driving all these years?

Whenever I'm searching on CL or SearchTempest, I always search "cherokee -grand" to subtract out the ones that listed it correctly. And still I get loads of listings for Grand Cherokees from idjits.
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Originally Posted by extrashaky
SearchTempest.com and AutoTempest.com will search internationally. AutoTempest also searches eBay and CarsDirect in addition to Craigslist, Cars.com and AutoTrader. It also has more search parameters and is not limited to 200 miles from your location.

OP, I appreciate what you're trying to do, but someone else already beat you to it. You need to find a different angle that isn't covered by AutoTempest or SearchTempest.

in the next few days, I will be adding data from ebay, and classiccars.com. this will then make duck duck jeep aggregating 4 sources..I am not trying to compete with a major website. I am just a single person working on this as a hobby
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Originally Posted by jeepjig
in the next few days, I will be adding data from ebay, and classiccars.com. this will then make duck duck jeep aggregating 4 sources..I am not trying to compete with a major website. I am just a single person working on this as a hobby
What about little ol England ?
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