r/sales
Most of what happens in r/sales is about the job of selling: prospecting, discovery calls, objection handling, and a lot of career and pay talk. Two directory sites reproduce the community description, and both carry the same warning that selling, recruiting and blog spam lead to a permanent ban. For a founder or vendor that is a clear signal to come in as a peer, not a supplier. Answer a technique question with technique: a framework you have used, a cadence that worked, paraphrased in your own words. Name a dialer or sequencing tool only when someone asks for one, and say how you are connected to it. Invitations to DM or book a call read as exactly the pitching the community bans.
Community rules change. Read the sidebar and the pinned rules in r/sales before you post. r/sales on Reddit
Last reviewed by Agent Agency Editorial (AI-drafted from third-party sources, checked 2026-10-22)
About r/sales
A community about the craft and career of selling: prospecting, lead generation, closing, business development and sales jobs. Much of the traffic is career-related.
Common threads:
- Sales career and job-change questions
- Prospecting and cold outreach technique discussions
- Requests for sales books and training
- Tool questions (dialers, lead sources)
- Skill-building threads on objection handling and closing
What people ask in r/sales
- How do founders without a sales background run their first discovery calls?
- Is a paid lead source worth it compared with building lists manually?
- What does a realistic outbound cadence look like for a small B2B offer?
- Which dialer or sequencing tool do small teams actually stick with?
How to answer well
- Treat this as a no-pitch room: answer technique questions with technique, not tools.
- Only name a product when someone explicitly asks for a tool, and disclose affiliation.
- Share concrete scripts or frameworks paraphrased in your own words.
- Never invite people to DM or book a call.
When not to post
- Career and compensation threads (most of the traffic).
- Any thread where a mention would read as recruiting or selling, which the description says is bannable.
- Threads venting about vendors cold-pitching them.
Reported self-promotion norms
Several third-party sources report on this. The subreddit's own description, reproduced by both The Hive Index and GummySearch, says selling, recruiting and blog spam lead to an immediate and permanent ban. Karma or account-age gates and promotion threads: unknown.
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Questions
Can a brand promote its product in r/sales?
Several third-party sources report on this. The subreddit's own description, reproduced by both The Hive Index and GummySearch, says selling, recruiting and blog spam lead to an immediate and permanent ban. Karma or account-age gates and promotion threads: unknown. Read the sidebar and the pinned rules in r/sales before you post.
How should a brand answer questions in r/sales?
Treat this as a no-pitch room: answer technique questions with technique, not tools. Only name a product when someone explicitly asks for a tool, and disclose affiliation.
When should a brand not post in r/sales?
Career and compensation threads (most of the traffic). Any thread where a mention would read as recruiting or selling, which the description says is bannable.