How to market on r/sweatystartup
Can you promote on r/sweatystartup?
Yes, within limits. A post that mentions your product has to be useful on its own. Plain promotion gets removed. What the rules say:
“Add value and start a discussion, blatant self plugging is not tolerated. Don't care if it's "free". If you have a course or ebook for sale, you're in the wrong place.”
Rule 3: No blatant self plugging.
The rules
As the moderators wrote them, shortened where they run long.
- Be ready to answer follow up questions.Ask us a question in this sub and you'll get great advice. But don't ask and then disappear. Be ready for follow up questions as we try to help!
- Stay on topic.Entrepreneurship of all kinds with a skew towards service based entrepreneurship.
- No blatant self plugging.Add value and start a discussion, blatant self plugging is not tolerated. Don't care if it's "free". If you have a course or ebook for sale, you're in the wrong place.
- The business must be sweatyPressure washing and pool cleaning: Sweaty iPhone games, clothing brands and crypto: Not sweaty
- Bragging/clickbaitNo bragging posts. Sure it's great that you hit $XYZ in revenue in ZYX months. Don't lead off with clickbait.
- No software or websites posts or commentsAny talk of software or websites is no longer allowed on /r/sweatystartup. There are better places on Reddit or the internet for such discussions.
Full text on Reddit: r/sweatystartup rules.
What people asked this week
14 of the 24 posts on r/sweatystartup in the last 7 days asked a question or for a recommendation. Here are 12, newest first.
- Who here has figured out the 'answer every call' problem without hiring full-time?r/sweatystartup · 21 Oct
- How do you split what cash comes in?r/sweatystartup · 21 Oct
- What’s harder: doing the job or handling everything around it?r/sweatystartup · 21 Oct
- How should a small web development agency price projects with a database and admin panel?r/sweatystartup · 21 Oct
- How do you handle calls that come in while you are on a job?r/sweatystartup · 19 Oct
- How do you take a day off when you're running a business alone?r/sweatystartup · 19 Oct
- Owners running a cleaning business from out of state (or out of country): how do you handle quality control?r/sweatystartup · 24 Oct
- Service business owners: what happens to customer inquiries that don't immediately turn into sales?r/sweatystartup · 23 Oct
- D2d gutter protection in S Florida is anyone doing it successfully there?r/sweatystartup · 22 Oct
- Owners: how many jobs a month do you figure you lose to missed calls and dead quotes?r/sweatystartup · 22 Oct
- The biggest trap when running ads for a home service business: You're too busy in the field to answer the leads. How do you guys manage this?r/sweatystartup · 21 Oct
- For an event rental fleet, how much should I trust an 800 lb static chair rating?r/sweatystartup · 20 Oct
How to show up here without getting banned
- Help first, mention later. Answer questions on r/sweatystartup for a while before you bring up your own product, and when you do, say you made it.
- Leave software out of it. This one matters if you sell software: “Any talk of software or websites is no longer allowed on /r/sweatystartup.”
- Answer questions. 58% of recent posts on r/sweatystartup ask a question or for a recommendation. A useful answer is the safest way to get noticed.
- Make each post count. r/sweatystartup is quiet (about 3.0 new posts a day), so a post stays near the top for days and regulars notice who shows up.
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/sweatystartup?+
Only within limits. A post that mentions your product has to be useful on its own. Plain promotion gets removed. Rule 3 says: “Add value and start a discussion, blatant self plugging is not tolerated. Don't care if it's "free". If you have a course or ebook for sale, you're in the…”
How active is r/sweatystartup?+
r/sweatystartup has about 160k members and averaged 3.0 new posts a day over the last four weeks. Of its latest 24 posts, 14 asked a question or for a recommendation.
Does r/sweatystartup allow links?+
The rules don't ban links, but a link to your own product still counts as self-promotion, so the self-promotion rules apply.
What do people ask about on r/sweatystartup?+
Recent examples: “Who here has figured out the 'answer every call' problem without hiring full-time?”, “How do you split what cash comes in?” and “What’s harder: doing the job or handling everything around it?”. The full list of this week's questions is on this page and refreshes daily.