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Can you promote in r/business_ideas?

Share and explore innovative business ideas, gain insights on initiating your venture, unravel the intricacies of 'Cost of Sale' (CoS), and decode the essentials of taxation – your nexus for entrepreneurial minds seeking to transform concepts into successful ventures.  

The short answer

Do not promote or link to your product in regular posts or comments; engage with helpful, non-promotional answers and use the Sunday Free For All thread or get mod approval before sharing commercial content.

What works here

  • Answer questions with neutral, helpful advice
  • Participate in discussions without promoting a product
  • Post about your business or services only in the Weekly Free For All thread (Sunday)
  • Request feedback on a website after contacting moderators (modmail) and providing sample credentials

What gets posts removed

  • Advertising your product, service, blog, website, Discord or social accounts in regular posts/comments
  • Posting links to surveys or external sign-up/waitlist pages without mod approval
  • Using the subreddit as a focus group or to solicit customers
  • Making promotional replies to leads in public threads

Where this comes from

View the current official rules on Reddit

No Advertising / Solicitation

Rules explicitly ban advertising your product/service/blog/website/Discord/social media and say such posts are not allowed.

Weekly Free For All allowed place

Commercial posts or sharing your business are permitted only in the Weekly Free For All Thread (published Sundays).

Website feedback requires mod contact

If you want feedback on your website you must reach out via ModMail first and provide sample credentials if needed.

No external surveys/links

Links to surveys or external questionnaires are banned unless you get moderator approval or post in the weekly free-for-all.

Sidebar 'No Advertising' emphasised

Sidebar reiterates prohibition on soliciting services and posting blogs you're affiliated with; violators may be banned.

Official rules of r/business_ideas

  1. 01Soliciting / Advertising
  2. 02Low-Effort Feedback Requests
  3. 03Crypto or NFT Posts
  4. 04Students & those seeking financial advice
  5. 05Use the correct flair
  6. 06Be Real and Be Nice
  7. 07'What Business Do I start?' posts
  8. 08No links to surveys
  9. 09Pay attention to u/AutoModerator
  10. 10Go easy on emojis
  11. 11Human replies only

Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed June 24, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.

Read the Intoru research and correction methodology.

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