Can you promote in r/freelancers?
A place for all-things freelance! Issues with your client? Ideas for new projects? Web development ideas? This is the spot!
The short answer
Give helpful, non-promotional public answers; if you mention your product, keep it brief, secondary to the help, fully transparent, and avoid links—seek mod approval for research or explicit promotion.
What works here
- Answer questions with useful, non-commercial advice
- Mention tools briefly for context (no links, no sales pitch)
- Request mod approval before running surveys or market research
What gets posts removed
- Posting promotional content, pricing, or calls to hire
- Posting referral links, personal website links, or demos
- Inviting or moving users to DMs or other channels for sales
Where this comes from
View the current official rules on RedditNo advertising / self-promotion
Rule explicitly forbids advertising, selling services, promoting personal websites, or referral links; violations can receive permanent ban.
Recruitment prohibited
Rule says job ads, project briefs, and hiring posts don't belong and are zero-tolerance.
Research requires approval
All surveys/market validation/user research must be approved by moderators in advance.
Promotion of tools allowed conditionally
Sidebar notes 'Promotion of useful tools for freelancers is allowed to an extent', indicating limited, conditional allowance.
No DMs / moving conversation private
Rules prohibit inviting users to DM or messaging other users from the community.
Official rules of r/freelancers
- 01Follow ToS & Rediquette
- 02AI generated content
- 03Advertising
- 04Recruitment
- 05Unauthorized research and market validation
- 06Acceptable languages
- 07Moving into private channels
- 08No blogspam
Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed July 20, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.
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