Can you promote in r/indiebiz?

A Reddit for small businesses, independents and startups to offer and share services, products, resources, and insight.

The short answer

Post a clear self-post using the requested [INTRO]/[OFFER] tags, transparently describe your business and location, engage in the community first, and avoid spammy or salesy copy.

What works here

self-posts describing your business, services, products and location
using title tags like [INTRO], [OFFER], [RESOURCE], [REQUEST]
responding to Wants & Needs thread to offer help

What gets posts removed

posting overtly promotional or spammy content
multi-level marketing (MLM) posts
link-dense pushy sales posts without context or community participation

Where this comes from

View the current official rules on Reddit

self-posts describing business allowed

Sidebar requests that you make a self post describing your business, services and products and where you are located.

use specific tags

Sidebar asks posters to use tags like [INTRO], [OFFER], [NETWORKING], [RESOURCE], [REQUEST] in titles to clarify posts.

moderators curb spam

Moderators reserve the right to curb spamminess as needed, so aggressive promotion may be removed.

MLM ban

Sidebar explicitly states 'NO MLM POSTING AT ALL'.

Wants & Needs thread for offers

There is an explicit Wants & Needs thread for posting requests/offers where responders can help, suggesting offer-posting in that thread is appropriate.

Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed June 22, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.

Read the Intoru research and correction methodology.

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