r/SaaS

What r/SaaS's rules say about promotion

7 of 11 published rules mention promotion, advertising or spam. Quoted from the community's own rules page, not summarised.

1. Submission Guidelines

   rule 1 of 11

   Follow the Reddit site-wide rules and please treat others with respect, stay on-topic, and avoid non-productive self-promotion.

   Removal reason shown to posters: Breaks Submission Guidelines

2. No Vendor Spam on posts or comments

   rule 3 of 11

   Promotion is allowed occasionally, but accounts focused solely on it will be removed. - __Limit:__ Max 1 mention or 3 links can be shared every 60 days - __Transparency:__ Must clearly disclose affiliation at the beginning or end of the post or comment - __Alts:__ Secondary accounts promoting the same product count toward the limit. - __Value:__ Content must provide context and value, "naked" links or product descriptions are spam. - __Penalty:__ Violation leads to a ban and URL blacklisting.

   Removal reason shown to posters: Vendor Spam (Self-Promotion or Ads) without value for r/SaaS

3. No selling, soliciting, or fundraising

   rule 5 of 11

   This community is for knowledge exchange, not a marketplace, posts or comments focused on selling services, soliciting clients, or asking for donations/funding are not allowed. - __No Solicitation:__ Do not post or comment to sell services, "cold DM" members, or solicit clients. - __No Fundraising:__ Asking for donations, crowdfunding, or pitching for VC/Angel investment is prohibited. - __No Lead Gen:__ Posts designed purely to gather emails or "testers" without community value will be removed

   Removal reason shown to posters: Selling, soliciting, or fundraising

4. AMA / Surveys / Polls require approval

   rule 6 of 11

   All research-related posts must be vetted by moderators before being posted. - __What's Included:__ Academic surveys, market research, vendor polls, and "product validation" forms - __How to apply:__ Message the mods via Modmail with a link to your survey and a brief explanation of why it’s valuable to the SaaS community - __Excluded:__ "Validation" posts that are meant for lead generation or email harvesting will be rejected - __Enforcement:__ Polls without "Mod Approved" flair will be removed.

   Removal reason shown to posters: Unapproved AMA, poll or survey

5. No obfuscated, shortened or indirect URLs

   rule 7 of 11

   All links must point directly to the final resource because indirect URLs are prone to breaking or being hijacked later. Transparency and security are mandatory. - __Disguised or obfuscated links:__ Lead to a direct ban for rule evasion - __Direct Links Only:__ Use the original, full URL. Do not use URL shorteners or landing page aggregators - __No Tracking/Affiliates:__ Clean links only - __Enforcement:__ Posts or comments containing shortened or indirect links will be automatically removed

   Removal reason shown to posters: Use of obfuscated, shortened or indirect URL

6. No "I'll review/audit/feedback/test/roast or create something for you" posts

   rule 10 of 11

   Posts or comments offering free reviews, audits, roasts, or feedback on others' products/websites/pitches are prohibited, regardless of price or stated intent. - __No self-promotion:__ These posts function as personal or commercial branding and are considered ads. - __How to Help:__ We value help in context. If you want to share with the community, do so in existing comment threads.

   Removal reason shown to posters: Self-promotion: Offering reviews, audits, feedback or create something for others' products.

7. No Promotional or Advertising SaaS

   rule 11 of 11

   r/SaaS does not allow promotion, recommendation, launch announcements, feedback requests, recruiting, or user acquisition for SaaS products made for advertising, promotional outreach, lead/opportunity detection, or ad/content generation. - __What's Included:__ Tools that generate, suggest, schedule, automate, or coordinate promotional posts, comments, DMs, replies, or campaigns on Reddit or other platforms. - __Penalty:__ Violation may result in a permanent ban, tool name and URL blacklisting.

   Removal reason shown to posters: SaaS made for Promotional or Advertising purposes

Read from r/SaaS’s published rules on Sep 10. 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.