App notifications are still delayed

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Hi all – This has been a problem for years, so I’ll try asking here again. I receive notifications of saved searches on my iPhone, but they’re always (and I mean always–for the past two years) delayed by about 10-15 minutes from when the ad actually goes live.

For example, if I scroll the latest listings from the main screen, I might see a new ad just posted. But I won’t receive an actual notification until 10-15 minutes later. This is a problem because sometimes some ads go so fast that 10-15 minutes is too late with the 5 application limit. Thanks!

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Yes, that is the delay. We did some tests: Setting up an alert via the app - #33 by Shella_in_the_Forum

It was a bit faster for favourites.

I suspect that there are bots that some members use to get applications in before the notifications are sent out. THS does not seem to care.

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as you say, it’s been a problem for years - along with many other things. I’d set your expectation to it not getting fixed and figure out work-arounds if you need to. No, it shouldn’t be that way, but unfortunately that’s the reality.

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Thanks for letting me know. Glad I’m not the only one!

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I am not exactly calling you a big liar but - 10 minutes?
Dang, I’d love it if it were 10 minutes. The delay I’m seeing seems more like 20-30 minutes. And for really great sits in great places, that means too late to apply.
I did notice someone said that if they had Favorited a sit, it comes in faster.
But who can devote time to Favoriting every potential sit that isn’t current!?!?
THANKS for posting this - it’s one of our biggest peeves about THS.

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Ha! Yes, 10 minutes is probably a bit optimistic. Hopefully they’ll see this and tinker with it…but past experience says it’s unlikely.

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Yes there’s definitely a delay, I have been doggedly searching for a specific sit (Dubai over Xmas ) so I can go with my family it’s the main reason I renewed my membership. I’ve been too late at every notification, and I have three separate alerts up. However this week I randomly clicked on my search ( I do it multiple times a day it’s becoming quite stressful) and I found one!!! I was the first to apply… Then I noticed the notification came much much later.
I would’ve missed my chance to apply if I hadn’t been doing my obsessive random checking
Now fingers crossed they like me!

This all feels like too much hard work

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Yes. Obsessive random checking is such a waste of time and, as you said, too much hard work.

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if you save the search and have it sorted by most recent first, all you have to do is refresh the page. takes about 2 seconds… When I’m actively sit hunting I just leave a tab open and refresh it periodically when it pops into my head.