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This sub is not for advertisements! Questions and answers about starting, owning, and growing a small business only.
No explicit self-promotion rule detected. Default Reddit etiquette applies (10% rule).
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r/smallbusiness is a question and answer subreddit. You ask a question about starting, owning, and growing a small business and the community answers. **Exceptions** None, no exceptions. **Note:** You can post own experience in the *new* weekly stickied or pinned share-your-experience thread.
We are not here to help your SEO, promote your product, or provide an audience for your unsolicited advice or stories. As of June 2026 product mentions will be removed from new posts or comments if they appear directly or indirectly promotional. **Exceptions** Unsolicited advice (best practices, stories, lessons) are allowed in the stickied post dedicated to them. Surveys related to small business are allowed as posts providing they are from academic sources and pre-approved
No business promotion posts are allowed. Promote your business in the weekly Promote-your-business thread only. **Exceptions** You can mention your business in a relevant reply to a post or comment in other threads when relevant to the conversation but deliberate abuse of this exception to promote will be recognized and removed.
Posts asking about "pain points" or trying to find a problem to solve aren't the focus of our sub and those posts will be removed. Our deep library of past posts are your guide to what everyone needs if you are willing to search and analyze. Academics may contact the mods to discuss exceptions for academic research.
r/smallbusiness has practical, business-owner-friendly moderation. Self-promotion is restricted but contextual mentions of your own tool or service when answering a question are generally accepted, especially if you disclose. The subreddit rewards practical tactical advice from operators; theory posts get less traction. Mods remove posts asking for free labor or 'will work for exposure' framing on sight. Reviews of business tools and SaaS products tend to draw substantial discussion.
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