Can you promote in r/sales?
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The short answer
Do not post promotional content or mention your product/company publicly; instead contribute helpful, non-commercial answers and use mod contact if unsure.
What works here
- Answer questions with neutral, experience-based advice
- Participate after meeting karma/age limits
- Share non-branded best practices or anonymized examples
What gets posts removed
- Offering your solution, free trials, demos, or soliciting feedback
- Revealing who you sell for or posting affiliate/referral links
- Recruiting, advertising, blogspam, or linking to product sites
Where this comes from
View the current official rules on RedditNo Selling or Self Promotion
Rule explicitly bans promoting what you sell, offering solutions, free trials, or soliciting feedback and warns of immediate permanent ban.
No Recruiting Users
Zero-tolerance ban on recruitment, including invites to private trials for software/tools; results in instant permanent ban.
No Spam, Affiliation or Referral Links
Spam, affiliations, and referral links result in ban; recommendations are only allowed if you're a customer, not if you work for the vendor.
No Marketing or Blogspam
Marketing blogspam and company-branded accounts are prohibited; articles may be allowed only with full text and no backlinks.
Sidebar/Description
Selling, recruiting and blog spam will result in an immediate and permanent ban; linking blogspam/self-promotion not allowed.
Official rules of r/sales
- 0110 Community Karma Required to Post and Karma Farming
- 02No Selling or Self Promotion
- 03No Recruiting Users
- 04No Spam, Affiliation to Recommendations or Referral Links
- 05No Marketing or Blogspam
- 06No Sales Memes
- 07No Off-Site Communities
- 08Failure To Include Details
- 09No Bot or AI Generated Content
- 10Zero Contribution
- 11Violates Sitewide Policies
Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed July 23, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.
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