How to market on r/web_design

Can you promote on r/web_design?

Yes, within limits. Promotional posts are only allowed on Saturdays. What the rules say:

“No soliciting feedback outside of Showoff Saturday”

Rule 5

“Read and follow reddiquette; no excessive self-promotion.”

Rule 3: No self-promotion

The rules

As the moderators wrote them, shortened where they run long.

1. No questions about WYSIWYG editorsNo questions regarding WYSIWYG (drag and drop) web editors like Wix, please visit their respective communities to ask questions
2. No memes, screenshots, and jokesDo not post memes, screenshots of bad design, or jokes. Check out /r/ProgrammerHumor/ for these kind of posts.
3. No self-promotionRead and follow reddiquette; no excessive self-promotion. Please refer to the Reddit 9:1 rule when considering posting self promoting materials.
4. No commercial promotions/solicitationsWe do not allow any commercial promotion or solicitation. Violations can result in a ban.
5. No soliciting feedback outside of Showoff SaturdayRequests for critiques or feedback are not allowed outside of our Feedback Weekend threads. Questions or request for assistance are generally allowed if they follow all other rules. If links are included which are not…
6. No listsAvoid lists, e.g. Top 10 CSS Tricks.
7. No beginner questionsIf you have a beginner question, please try the FAQ first and then post in the Beginner Questions thread stickied at the top of the subreddit.
8. No surveysNo surveys or other attempts to collect information from the community.
9. No Blog SpamBlog posts are subject to moderator approval.

Full text on Reddit: r/web_design rules.

What people asked this week

17 of the 43 posts on r/web_design in the last 7 days asked a question or for a recommendation. Here are 12, starting with people asking for a tool, a service or someone to hire.

• Best Place to Hire Web Designer
  r/web_design · 24 Oct
• How long does it take your clients to give you access to everything?
  r/web_design · 24 Oct
• What resources helped you take your web design skills to the next level?
  r/web_design · 24 Oct
• Are people using ai to reverse engineer 3d websites? How?
  r/web_design · 24 Oct
• What’s out of style?
  r/web_design · 23 Oct
• did I mess up going to school for web design?
  r/web_design · 23 Oct
• How to fine tune this?
  r/web_design · 21 Oct
• Does my stylesheet look like ass?
  r/web_design · 21 Oct
• Is the reddit layout changed or am I hallucinating?
  r/web_design · 21 Oct
• Can someone please tell me how to make this look nice?
  r/web_design · 20 Oct
• What element of AI designs that is overused, should i avoid and more importantly what should be keep despite it being overused?
  r/web_design · 19 Oct
• Do sites built with AI actually rank? My cleaning company's Google calls fell by more than half after I left WordPress in June
  r/web_design · 19 Oct

How to show up here without getting banned

• Help first, mention later. Answer questions on r/web_design for a while before you bring up your own product, and when you do, say you made it.
• Keep promotion rare. The rules put a number on it: “Please refer to the Reddit 9:1 rule when considering posting self promoting materials.”
• Skip the surveys. They're not allowed: “No surveys or other attempts to collect information from the community.”
• Answer questions. 40% of recent posts on r/web_design ask a question or for a recommendation. A useful answer is the safest way to get noticed.

More on how this works across Reddit: Reddit's self-promotion rules, explained and the full Reddit marketing playbook.

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