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Can you promote in r/ecommerce?

A community dedicated to the design and implementation of eCommerce sites. For seasoned retailers or newcomers to the industry, this is the perfect place to seek guidance and discuss all aspects of selling online. Engage in insightful discussions on topics such as selling tips, marketing strategies, SEO optimization, product selection, checkout processes, conversions, and more. Our community provides a platform for helpful and honest discussions aimed at helping you increase your online sales.

The short answer

Participate as a regular user with general, non-promotional advice and avoid mentioning or linking to your product or trying to solicit contacts or feedback.

What works here

  • Ask/answer general eCommerce questions (self-posts only)
  • Discuss strategies, troubleshooting, and non-promotional experiences

What gets posts removed

  • Any self-promotion or product/service advertising
  • Posting external links to sites, blogs, or social media
  • Soliciting customers, leads, DMs, beta testers, or feedback
  • Posting courses, stores, themes for sale, or AMAs without mod approval

Where this comes from

View the current official rules on Reddit

No Soliciting, Promotion, or Direct Soliciting via DM

Explicit ban on soliciting, promoting, acquiring personal contact, or posts seeking services; violations result in removal and ban.

No External Links

Posts linking to services, blogs, videos, courses, or websites are prohibited (with narrow site-review exception).

No Dev Research posts

Posts seeking pain points, validation, beta testers, reviews, or feedback on app/software ideas are disallowed.

No selling or courses

Prohibits posting stores, themes, accounts, courses for sale or trade offers; violations lead to bans.

Self-post only

Subreddit requires self-posts only, reinforcing restrictions on link sharing and promotional content.

Official rules of r/ecommerce

  1. 01No Soliciting, Promotion, or Direct Soliciting via DM
  2. 02No External Links (Except Site Reviews)
  3. 03No 3PL Related Threads
  4. 04No "Get Rich Quick", "Success Stories", Case Studies, etc
  5. 05Do not post courses, themes, or stores for sale
  6. 06Any 'AMA'-type post must first be approved by mods.
  7. 07No 'Dev Research' posts
  8. 08No AI or Suspected AI Slop

Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed June 27, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.

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