r/dropshipping
Founded October 2008 · Public — anyone can post
Welcome! Discuss dropshipping here-- tips, strategies, questions, whatever!
Members
288,928
289K
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Published rules
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3 mention promotion — quoted below
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Tracking since Sep 2 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows. Posts/day is measured from the community’s own newest posts on Reddit, not from what Prowlo happens to crawl.
Member growth
What works in r/dropshipping
Every post in a recent sample, labelled by format. Share is how much of the sample used that format; average score is how it performed.
| Format | Share of posts | Avg score |
|---|---|---|
| Lessons / story | 42% | 221 |
| Discussion | 26% | 74 |
| Question | 22% | 16 |
| Rant | 4% | 59 |
| Promo | 3% | 1 |
| Show & tell | 1% | 450 |
| Tool comparison | 1% | 1 |
Based on 72 posts sampled in September 2026. A sample, not the full history.
- Median score
- 41
- Top 10% score
- 329
- Text posts
- 46%
- Got no replies
- 8%
- Busiest windows
- Mon 03:00 UTC, Mon 13:00 UTC
Posting rules, in plain words
Self-promotion is judged case by case. Post flair is required.
- No Spam: Selling services related to Dropshipping is allowed if done at a low volume (i.e. once per week max) and if flaired as "marketplace".
- Linking to Other Sites: Links are allowed to blog posts, research papers, news articles, and videos under certain circumstances (see linking circumstances below). In general as long as the link is in a post flaired appropriately, OP is not related to the website or creator channel, the content was not generated by AI, and the link is not an attempt at abusing the sub for SEO purposes it will be allowed.
- No Astroturfing or Inauthentic Engagements: Apps and brands that service dropshippers tend to utilize 'creative' marketing tactics such as creating dozens of fake accounts to make false claims about their services. In these cases when such rings are uncovered we may post the evidence publicly, ban all affiliated accounts, and ban the brand/website from ever being mentioned here. Brands already banned under this rule: Spocket.
Quoted from the community’s own published rules. Always re-read them before posting.
What a good comment looks like here
- — Offers specific, actionable advice based on personal experience.
- — Shares detailed insights into strategies, tools, or processes.
- — Asks clarifying questions to understand the OP's situation better.
- — Debunks common myths or provides realistic expectations.
- — Mentions specific tools or resources they use and why.
What r/dropshipping's rules say about promotion
3 of 7 published rules mention promotion, advertising or spam. Quoted from the community's own rules page, not summarised.
No Spam
rule 1 of 7
Selling services related to Dropshipping is allowed if done at a low volume (i.e. once per week max) and if flaired as "marketplace". Attempts to peddle "free" courses made by someone else are always considered spam and get a lifetime ban. Replying to posts with "inbox me" or "come inbox" or any other attempt at getting the OP to message you directly before having a conversation are considered spam and will get an immediate ban. Any other attempts to spam will recieve immediate liftetime bans.
No Astroturfing or Inauthentic Engagements
rule 5 of 7
Apps and brands that service dropshippers tend to utilize 'creative' marketing tactics such as creating dozens of fake accounts to make false claims about their services. In these cases when such rings are uncovered we may post the evidence publicly, ban all affiliated accounts, and ban the brand/website from ever being mentioned here. Brands already banned under this rule: Spocket.
Read the Beginner's Guide and Search the Subreddit
rule 7 of 7
Before asking your question please reference our [Beginner's Guide to Dropshipping](https://www.reddit.com/r/dropshipping/comments/11xm1fw/beginners_guide_to_dropshipping/) and search the subreddit. Our members have donated a LOT of high-quality and valuable advice over the years that could answer your questions or help you get to another level before needing assistance. Posts that do not cite the Beginner's Guide or that can be easily answered there are subject to removal as spam.
The other 4
- Be Descriptive
- Linking to Other Sites
- Extraordinary Claims Require Evidence
- Give and Take
Read from r/dropshipping’s published rules on Sep 8. Communities change their rules without notice and enforce requirements (karma, account age, flair) that may live in the sidebar or automod rather than here — the source page is the authority.
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r/dropshipping — frequently asked
How many members does r/dropshipping have?
r/dropshipping has 288,928 members as of our most recent crawl on Sep 22. Prowlo re-checks tracked communities on a rolling schedule, so this figure moves rather than sitting frozen at whatever it was when a scraper last ran.
Is r/dropshipping growing?
We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/dropshipping yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Sep 2; the chart fills in as history accumulates.
How active is r/dropshipping?
We don't have a reliable posting-rate sample for r/dropshipping yet. Subscriber count alone is a poor guide to whether a community is active, so treat this one as unverified until the next sample lands.
When was r/dropshipping created?
r/dropshipping was founded in October 2008 and is a public — anyone can post community. Age matters: an older community with steady growth has survived Reddit's moderation churn; a young one with a spike may not.
Can I promote my product in r/dropshipping?
r/dropshipping publishes 7 rules and 3 of them address promotion. The first, “No Spam”, says: Selling services related to Dropshipping is allowed if done at a low volume (i.e. once per week max) and if flaired as "marketplace". Attempts to peddle "free" courses made by someone else are always considered spam and… Read the full rule text on this page and the community's rules page before posting — moderator enforcement is the thing that actually decides.
How do I monitor r/dropshipping for mentions?
Hit Watch on this page. Prowlo starts crawling r/dropshipping into your Dataset — every new post indexed and embedded, searchable semantically, queryable by your AI agent over MCP, and able to trigger keyword alerts in Slack. Prowlo is read-only; it never posts on your behalf.
Can my AI agent read r/dropshipping's stats?
Yes. Everything on this page is one MCP tool call away: catalog_get_subreddit returns r/dropshipping's members, growth, promo tolerance and similar communities as typed JSON — free, no credits. Connect your agent to api.prowlo.com/mcp and it can vet the community and start watching it in the same conversation.
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