Common Facebook Marketplace Issues and How to Solve them

Facebook Marketplace offers a user-friendly platform for finding, purchasing, and selling goods. Both the Facebook app and a browser can be used to access the service. Facebook Marketplace may, however, occasionally cause you problems or cease to function, just like any other programme or service.

This post offers some troubleshooting tips that can be helpful whether Facebook Marketplace is completely absent or not functioning properly. Let’s investigate it now.

The reasons why you might not be able to access Facebook Marketplace

Here are a few typical explanations for why the Facebook Marketplace option might not be displayed in the app or on the website, aside from technical difficulties.

• You are not yet eighteen. Users who are at least eighteen years old are the only ones who can access Facebook Marketplace.
• You are located in a nation where Marketplace is not accessible. The list of nations where Facebook Marketplace is accessible is provided here.
• You haven’t had a Facebook account for very long. Facebook prevents scammers by limiting access to the Marketplace for new users.
• You’ve broken Facebook Marketplace rules in the past. Facebook may in these circumstances prevent you from accessing the Marketplace.

Even if you satisfy all the requirements and still aren’t able to access Facebook Marketplace, you can apply the following troubleshooting techniques to resolve the issue.

Examine the Language Settings.

Only widely spoken languages including English, Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese, and others are supported by Facebook Marketplace. You therefore won’t be able to see the Marketplace tab if you use Facebook in one of the unsupported languages.

To switch your Facebook language, just follow the instructions below.

• Step 1: Launch Facebook in the web browser of your choice. To access Settings and privacy, click on the icon of your profile located in the upper right corner.
• Step 2: Choose Preferences.
• Step 3: Select the Language and Region tab by using the left pane. Next, select Facebook language and click the Edit option.
• Step 4: Click Save changes after choosing a supported language from the drop-down menu.

You will see the Marketplace tab once you are back on the Facebook home page.

Log Off or Log On

You should be able to fix any problems you’re having with the Marketplace if it’s just a short-term glitch by logging out of Facebook and back in. To accomplish this, follow this options

• Choose Log Out by tapping the profile symbol in the upper right corner.
• Subsequently, log back into your Facebook account and verify whether Marketplace is accessible.
• Third, turn off browser extensions. One of the third-party plugins you use to improve your Facebook experience or block adverts could be the cause of the problem. You can test this possibility by disabling browser extensions and attempting to use Facebook Marketplace once more.
• In the address box, type chrome://extensions and hit Enter if you’re using Facebook in Google Chrome. Switch off every extension.
• Likewise, open the address bar on Microsoft Edge, type edge://extensions, and hit Enter. Toggle off extensions by using the toggles adjacent to them.

After that, restart your browser and try to visit Facebook Marketplace. If this resolves your issue, you can isolate the problematic extension by enabling the others.

Clean the Cache Data

These issues may also be caused by outdated temporary files that your browser or the app may have stored. Most of the time, emptying the contents of the cache will resolve the problem.

• Press Ctrl + Shift + Delete (Windows) or Command + Shift + Delete (macOS) on your keyboard to launch the Clear Browsing Data menu in Chrome or Edge. Mark the “Cached images and files” box and choose “All time” from the drop-down menu next to “Time Range.”
• Press the Clear data button after that.

To delete the cache on your Android phone while using Facebook, do the following instructions.

• Step 1: From the menu that displays, long-press the Facebook app icon and choose App details.
• Step 2: Select Storage & Cache from the menu, then click the Clear cache option.

Change the Facebook App

Facebook updates its apps frequently to add new features, address issues, and enhance user experience. Such problems could arise if you haven’t updated the Facebook app in a long time. Try updating the Facebook app from the App Store or Play Store to see if it helps.

• Android users of Facebook
• Facebook on iOS

Ask Facebook to Restore your Access to Marketplace

Facebook may deny your access to the Marketplace if you break any of its community standards or commerce policies. The warning “You Can’t Use Marketplace Right Now” will then appear to you. You can ask Facebook to reinstate your Marketplace access, though, if you think you haven’t broken any rules. To accomplish this, select the Marketplace tab, click Request Review, and complete the resulting form. The Facebook team is expected to reply to your request in a day or two.z

Use the Facebook marketplace to Buy and Sell Items

Hopefully, one of the aforementioned fixes has enabled you to resolve the Facebook Marketplace not functioning issue so that you can continue to purchase and sell goods. As always, please share in the comments below which of the solutions worked for you.