Can I mention my product if someone asks for recommendations?
No, the rules ban offering your solution in response to recommendation requests, and you should not reveal who you sell for unless directly asked.
Subreddit guides
r/sales rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/sales: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
Subreddit guides combine public Reddit source URLs, captured rules, visible verification dates, and Rankhog's account-safety workflow.
Current public stats
- Members
- 606,132
- Verified
- September 29, 2026
- Minimum comment karma
- 10
- Category
- Sales professionals and revenue teams
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- 10 Community Karma Required to Post and Karma Farming: Our community requires users to have 10 upvotes received on comments here before you will be allowed to create a new post or lead a discussion. Karma farming is asking for upvotes in the comments section of other users posts and should be reported to the mod team for removal.
- No Selling or Self Promotion: Users are strictly not allowed to promote what they sell here and should refrain from revealing who they sell for unless directly asked. This includes offering your solution in response to recommendation request, free trials, soliciting feedback, and similar conduct. Users found breaking this rule will receive an immediate and permanent ban.
- No Recruiting Users: This is not a place to recruit sales people. This includes posts inviting users to private trials for software or other tools/services/platforms. There are other subs for that such as /r/hiring or /r/salesjobs or /r/betatests . This is a *zero-tolerance* policy, and will result in an instant, permanent ban. *No exceptions, contesting, and absolutely no reversals of this ban will be considered!*
- No Spam, Affiliation to Recommendations or Referral Links: Spam, affiliation to recommendations posted, and referral links will result in a ban. Company or solution recommendations are only allowed by customers of what is being recommended. Recommendations by users working for or related to what they are recommending are not allowed and should be reported.
- No Marketing or Blogspam: We do allow articles but we do not allow marketing blogspam. Any post that looks like blogspam will be removed and you will receive a permanent ban. If you are the writer of an article, a full text version may be posted with identifying information removed and without backlinks to the blog. Company branded user accounts are also prohibited from posting or commenting here.
- No Sales Memes: No sales memes, period! This sub is for professional sales and quality posts, and memes just don't fit in with that atmosphere. We understand the idea behind lighthearted posts, and discussions. Memes are close to zero effort, and provide less quality than we anticipate for our users. Memes are better represented in /r/saleshumor/ or r/growthmemes or /r/funny. First offense is removal of your post, and a 5-day ban. Second offense results in a permanent, indefinite ban.
- No Off-Site Communities: Any attempt to create, advertise or recruit r/Sales users to join off-site communities will result in an immediate and permanent ban. This includes Discord channels, other social media sites, masterclass groups, or networking groups and associations that require payment for membership.
- Failure To Include Details: If you are asking a question or for advice, include as much information and detail as you can without revealing company or personal information. Generic or low effort posts may be removed at our discretion.
- No Bot or AI Generated Content: R/Sales is for real users discussing their own thoughts. Posts and comments that are suspected of being bot reply accounts or AI generated content are subject to removal and may result in a ban.
- Zero Contribution: Posts or comments that do not contribute directly to a sales topic, or closely related to a sales topic, will be removed. This includes questions about marketing, HR/workplace related issues and generalized questions already answered by other threads or in the Wiki.
- Violates Sitewide Policies: Posts and comments will be removed and account could be banned from the sub for breaking sitewide policies. https://www.redditinc.com/policies/content-policy
Works well
- A detailed writeup of a prospecting or cold calling lesson from your own experience, written in your own words
- A question about a specific sales situation with plenty of context but no company or personal details
- A full text article with all identifying information and backlinks removed
- A comment answering someone else's question with a genuine story from your own selling experience
- A discussion post about closing techniques or handling objections that invites other sellers to share theirs
Avoid
- Mentioning your product or offering free trials, which earns an immediate permanent ban
- Posting before you have earned ten comment upvotes in this subreddit
- Posting referral links or recommending tools you are affiliated with
- Recruiting salespeople or inviting users to private software trials
- Linking to your blog or posting marketing blogspam
- Posting from a company branded account, which is prohibited from posting and commenting entirely
What r/sales Is For
This community is for everything about sales, selling, business development, lead generation, prospecting and closing. The people posting here are sales professionals talking shop about their craft, sharing what works and asking for advice from people who do the same job. The description also points to recommended books in the menu and sidebar, which tells you this is a room that takes the profession seriously. It is a place for real practitioners discussing real sales topics, not a place to pitch anything to them.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The first wall is “10 Community Karma Required to Post and Karma Farming”, which means you need ten upvotes on comments here before you can even create a post. The one that ends careers in this room is “No Selling or Self Promotion”, because promoting what you sell, offering your solution in recommendation threads, free trials or soliciting feedback gets an immediate and permanent ban. “No Recruiting Users” is zero tolerance too, and covers posts inviting people to private trials for software or tools. “No Spam, Affiliation to Recommendations or Referral Links” means you can only recommend a company or solution if you are a customer of it, never if you work for it or benefit from it. “No Marketing or Blogspam” allows articles only if you post the full text with identifying information removed and no backlinks, and it also bans company branded accounts from posting or commenting. “No Bot or AI Generated Content” bans anything suspected of being AI written. “Failure To Include Details” removes generic or low effort question posts. Finally “Zero Contribution” removes anything that does not contribute directly to a sales topic, which explicitly includes marketing questions.
What To Post
If you want to earn standing here, start by commenting, not posting. Answer questions from your own experience until you have the ten comment upvotes the rules require. When you finally post, write a detailed, specific post in your own words about a sales topic you genuinely know, like a prospecting lesson, a negotiation story or a question packed with context. The rules ask for as much detail as you can share without revealing company or personal information, so give the room something real to work with. If you want to share an article you wrote, paste the full text with your name and links stripped out. And never mention your product unless someone directly asks you what you sell.
What To Avoid
Do not promote what you sell, offer free trials, or slide your solution into recommendation threads, because that is an instant permanent ban with no exceptions. Do not recruit salespeople or invite people to private trials for your tool. Do not post referral links or recommend anything you are affiliated with. Do not post marketing blogspam or link to your blog, and do not post from a company branded account. Do not post sales memes, since the first offense costs you a five day ban and the second a permanent one. Do not invite anyone to Discord, masterclass groups or paid networking communities. Do not post anything AI generated or written by a bot. Do not ask vague questions with no detail, and do not post about marketing, HR or anything off the sales topic, because those get removed.
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Common questions about r/sales
How much karma do I need before posting?
The rules require ten upvotes received on comments in this community before you are allowed to create a new post.
Can I share an article I wrote?
Only as a full text version with identifying information removed and without backlinks to the blog, and never if it looks like marketing blogspam.
Can I use AI to help write my post?
No, the rules ban AI generated content, and posts suspected of being AI generated are subject to removal and may result in a ban.
Can I recommend my own company's tool since I know it best?
No, recommendations are only allowed by customers of what is being recommended, and recommendations by people working for or related to what they recommend are banned.
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