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Can you promote in r/creativesmallbusiness?

A community for creative small businesses. Let's discuss ideas, help each other out and get creative!

The short answer

Provide helpful, non-promotional value first; if relevant, optionally mention your business briefly in a reply or wait for the monthly promotion thread for links/media.

What works here

  • Contextual mention of your business in replies to relevant posts
  • Posting in the monthly promotion thread for links and social media
  • Asking questions about your business or products for context

What gets posts removed

  • Repeated or continuous promotional posts
  • Posting links/media outside the monthly promotion/showcase threads unless as a relevant reply
  • Soliciting free products or calling out other businesses

Where this comes from

View the current official rules on Reddit

No spam self promotion

Continuous spamming for sole promotion is not allowed; context questions allowed; monthly thread exists for promoting links.

Exceptions allow relevant replies

You may promote in a relevant reply to a post or comment in other threads, so limited vendor participation is permitted when directly relevant.

Monthly threads for media/links

There are dedicated monthly threads for promoting business links, social media, and for showing images/videos of products.

No free product requests / courteous behavior

Requests for free products are prohibited and interactions must be courteous, limiting aggressive marketing or solicitations.

Official rules of r/creativesmallbusiness

  1. 01No spam self promotion
  2. 02Be courteous and kind
  3. 03No free product requests
  4. 04No photographic/video self promotion

Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed July 8, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.

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