How to Find a Buyer or Seller’s Facebook Profile on Marketplace

Discover the easy steps to find buyers’ and sellers’ profiles on Facebook Marketplace, a section where you can buy and sell items, to avoid scams.

Despite countless reasons to leave Facebook, there’s one feature that keeps users on the site: Facebook Marketplace.

Facebook Marketplace is essentially a rip-off of Craigslist with one very notable difference – It’s linked to your public Facebook profile.

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While the anonymity of Craigslist is an appeal for some, being able to see who you are selling to or who you are buying.

Historically, Facebook Marketplace has made it very easy to see who exactly you’re buying from or selling to by including their full name and a link to their Facebook profile.

However, recently there has been a change to the platform’s design. It is now more difficult to see the buyer or seller’s last name and profile.

Not ideal when it’s someone you’re possibly inviting to your home.

When someone initiates interest in an item, that conversation will now appear in a “Marketplace” subsection of Messenger. Fortunately, you still can find the Facebook profile of the buyers and sellers.

It’s just a little bit more difficult.

How to View the Profiles of Buyers and Sellers on Facebook Marketplace

Below are the directions for how to find a Facebook profile for someone you’re dealing with on Facebook Marketplace.

• First, click on the Messenger icon in the top right hand corner of your Facebook, or open up the Messenger app.
• Click on the Marketplace conversation in Messenger to show all interactions you’ve had with people on Marketplace.
• Next, select the conversation you’re having with a buyer or seller.
• After opening the conversation, click on the small carrot (if you’re on a desktop) or the three dots (if you’re using the mobile app) next to the person’s first name and the title of the item being sold.

This will bring up the “Chat Settings.”

• Once in Chat Settings, click on “Members” (or “See Group Members” in the mobile app) to reveal the full names of everyone in that conversation. (This should be you and the seller/buyer you are trying to make a deal with.
• Now you can see the person’s full name. By clicking on the three dots next to their full name on desktop (or clicking on their name on the mobile app), you can message them, visit their public Facebook profile, or block them.

It’s unclear why the giant social media decided to bury this particularly useful feature.

Sure, being able to see someone’s profile gives many people a little bit of peace of mind before meeting up to make a transaction.

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Safety First!

No matter what, you should always use caution when meeting up with random people from the internet in person.

If possible, always meet someone you plan to exchange goods in a well-lit public location during the day. Never go alone and if you do, tell a friend.