How to market on r/smallbusiness
Can you promote on r/smallbusiness?
Yes, within limits. Promotion belongs in the weekly Promote-your-business thread, not in posts of its own. What the rules say:
“Promote your business in the weekly Promote-your-business thread only.”
“You can promote your business in a relevant reply to a post or comment in other threads.”
“No business promotion posts are allowed.”
Rule 3: No business promotion posts
The rules
As the moderators wrote them, shortened where they run long.
- Post only questions about small business.r/smallbusiness is a question and answer subreddit. You ask a question about starting, owning, and growing a small business and the community answers. Exceptions None, no exceptions. Note: You can post own experience in…
- No blog links and blog content.Blogspam has been defined very early in r/smallbusiness as content that maybe text articles, images, or video. Practically all content, small business-related or not. Exceptions Allowed are links or quotes in comments…
- No business promotion postsNo business promotion posts are allowed. Promote your business in the weekly Promote-your-business thread only. Exceptions You can promote your business in a relevant reply to a post or comment in other threads.
- No personal attacks.
Full text on Reddit: r/smallbusiness rules.
What people asked this week
r/smallbusiness moves fast: its last 196 posts only go back 45 hours, and 111 of them asked a question or for a recommendation. Here are 12, starting with people asking for a tool, a service or someone to hire.
- Looking for direct contacts/recommendations for saree weavers/manufacturers in TN (Sourcing for out-of-state boutique)r/smallbusiness · 24 Oct
- Where is the best place to list LLC's for sale?r/smallbusiness · 24 Oct
- Is there a good software of tracking product orders from multiple suppliers?r/smallbusiness · 24 Oct
- How do you decide which software tools are actually worth paying for in a small business?r/smallbusiness · 24 Oct
- Hiring an SEO freelancer? 7 questions that saved my clients from bad hiresr/smallbusiness · 23 Oct
- Seeking recommendations for an economical IOSS intermediary service for very small volumes (15-20 EU orders a month) *not EASProject.r/smallbusiness · 23 Oct
- What are the most trust-building alternatives to heavy employee monitoring?r/smallbusiness · 23 Oct
- I want to start a business give me suggestions konsa karna cahiya?r/smallbusiness · 22 Oct
- How Many Units Should I Order?r/smallbusiness · 24 Oct
- When does doing everything yourself stop saving money?r/smallbusiness · 24 Oct
- Why are so many fast-growing small businesses getting stuck on traditional bank credit lines lately?r/smallbusiness · 24 Oct
- What's one repetitive task you'd love to automate in your business?r/smallbusiness · 24 Oct
How to show up here without getting banned
- Help first, mention later. Answer questions on r/smallbusiness for a while before you bring up your own product, and when you do, say you made it.
- Use the weekly Promote-your-business thread. It's where the rules quoted above send promotion.
- Be careful with links. The rules are specific: “No blog links and blog content.”
- Answer questions. 57% of recent posts on r/smallbusiness ask a question or for a recommendation. A useful answer is the safest way to get noticed.
- Be early. r/smallbusiness gets about 122 new posts a day, so a question is buried within hours. The first useful answers get the attention.
More on how this works across Reddit: Reddit's self-promotion rules, explained and the full Reddit marketing playbook.
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Questions
Can I post my startup on r/smallbusiness?+
Only within limits. Promotion belongs in the weekly Promote-your-business thread, not in posts of its own. Rule 3 says: “Promote your business in the weekly Promote-your-business thread only.”
How active is r/smallbusiness?+
r/smallbusiness has about 1.9M members and averaged 122 new posts a day over the last four weeks. Of its latest 196 posts, 111 asked a question or for a recommendation.
Does r/smallbusiness allow links?+
With conditions. Rule 2 says: “No blog links and blog content.”
What do people ask about on r/smallbusiness?+
Recent examples: “Looking for direct contacts/recommendations for saree weavers/manufacturers in TN…”, “Where is the best place to list LLC's for sale?” and “Is there a good software of tracking product orders from multiple suppliers?”. The full list of this week's questions is on this page and refreshes daily.