Can you self-promote on r/Contractor?

Q: Can you self-promote on r/Contractor?

Self-promotion restricted. Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed. Read 2026-09-26 from the community's own rules.

Reddit rules index · read 2026-09-26

Can you promote on r/Contractor?

Self-promotion restricted Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed.

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its rules on Reddit

This community is for construction professionals to discuss their business practices. Read the rules. This is a heavily moderated sub.

What its rules say about promotion

No market research.
“What are your pain points” We don't want to hear about your AI scheme or SAAS startup. You're not going to disrupt the construction industry. No you can't post your business idea and get feedback. If you post in this or other subs about software you will be permanently banned without warning. “I’m not selling anything” is not a valid cop out.

No selling, soliciting, or self-promotion.
No selling of products or services

What its rules say about AI and bots

No market research.
“What are your pain points” We don't want to hear about your AI scheme or SAAS startup. You're not going to disrupt the construction industry. No you can't post your business idea and get feedback. If you post in this or other subs about software you will be permanently banned without warning. “I’m not selling anything” is not a valid cop out.

All 8 rules of r/Contractor

Don’t be a dick
Blanket rule.
HOMEOWNERS NEEDING HELP OR OPINION—Keep posts to a 1/4 Page and 3 photos max
Homeowners who come to this sub for help with a contractor issue. YOU MUST state: (1) WHAT TYPE OF PERSON did you hire or are hiring (carpenter/ handyman/ neighbor/ family). (2) HOW MUCH you paid or will pay them. (3) LOCATION- STATE/CITY in the post title or first sentence of the post. We ask because job cost changes from NYC to rural Kentucky. (4) KEEP IT BREIF. Your saga is another day for us. We're not reading a novel. Get to the point.
No DIY
If you have a question about how to do some project, this is the wrong sub. Suggesting people do a project themselves is not allowed. There are many other subs dedicated to DIY. This sub is for contractors to talk to other contractors about their business practices.
Don't be a shithead. Racism, and blatant attacks are not tolerated
If you think your post might be a "little" racist don't put it here. Put on your big boy pants and post something that isn't racist. Blatant attacks are not tolerated. Light ribbing is acceptable. A little razzledazzle is part of this work. If you can't handle that go work at a bank.
No politics.
No political discussion. There are other subs for that. No one is changing anyone's mind. Bringing that up is looking to start a fight.
No market research.
“What are your pain points” We don't want to hear about your AI scheme or SAAS startup. You're not going to disrupt the construction industry. No you can't post your business idea and get feedback. If you post in this or other subs about software you will be permanently banned without warning. “I’m not selling anything” is not a valid cop out.
No selling, soliciting, or self-promotion.
No selling of products or services
The power tripping mods might just ban you for no reason at all.
We can. We might.

What the written rules don't show

Unpublished minimums. Many communities remove posts from new or low-karma accounts through AutoModerator settings that are not on the rules page, often before a moderator sees them.
Reddit's own filters. Reddit's site-wide spam filters can remove posts from accounts that mostly share links to their own site, in any community.
The community's norms. Many communities see themselves as peers, not an audience: post where you already take part, and make the post worth reading without the link.

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