Welcome, ecommerce friends! As you can imagine, an interest in ecommerce also invites those with questionable intentions, opportunists, spammers, scammers, etc. Please hit the ‘report’ button if you see anything suspicious. In an effort to keep our members protected and also ensure a level playing field for everyone, the community has adopted the following rules for posting / commenting.
**IMPORTANT** – it is the sole responsibility of the user to read and follow these rules; ignorance of rules will not be an excuse for reinstatement if you are banned. Every community on reddit has their own rules, and new members / visitors should always make the minimum effort to conform to group guidelines.
**I. Account Requirements**
– To prevent spam and ensure quality contributions, r/ecommerce requires a Reddit account age of 10 days *and* a minimum Reddit **comment** karma score of 10. **Both** conditions must be met. There are no exceptions, so please do not contact moderators. Obvious or suspected AI content will be removed.
**II. Content**
– No Self-Promotion: Do not solicit, promote, or attempt to acquire personal or private contact with users in any way (even if free). This includes soliciting posts, DM requests, invitations, referrals, or any attempt to initiate personal contact. *This includes posts seeking services*. Your post/comment will be removed, and you will be banned without warning. This is not the place to promote yourself or seek out services in any way.
– No External Links (Except Site Reviews): Do not post links to services, blogs, videos, courses, or websites (see Section III for site review exceptions). Do not link to your YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, or other pages.
– No 3PL Recommendation Threads: These threads are repetitive and often promotional. Refer to previous threads.
– No “Get Rich Quick”, “Success Stories” or Blogspam Posts: Do not post “We turned $XXX into $XXX in 4 Weeks – Here’s How,” How-To Guides, “Top 5 Ways You Can…” lists, or other blogspam.
– No “Dev Research” Posts: Posts seeking “pain points,” app validation ideas, app reviews, or feedback on app/software ideas are not allowed – r/ecommerce is not a focus group.
– No Sales, Partnerships, or Trades: Do not offer your site, course, theme, socials, or anything related for sale, partnership, or trade. Discussion about selling your site or how to sell a site is also prohibited.
– No Low Effort Posts: Please be as descriptive as possible in your posts, no posts like ‘Check out my new site” or “How do I get sales” with little further context.
– No Unsolicited AMAs: Unsolicited “Ask Me Anything” posts are rarely approved, except for highly visible industry veterans.
– Civil Behavior Required: Be civil and adult at all times. This includes no hate speech, threats, racism, doxing, excessive profanity, insults, persistent negativity, or derailing discussions.
**III. Linking Policies**
– Posting a link to your ecommerce site for review or troubleshooting is allowed and encouraged. All other links are subject to Section II-2.
**IV. Dropshipping Guidelines**
– Dropship-specific posts are allowed but may receive limited feedback, or removed in cases of ‘low effort’. Consider using r/dropship and r/dropshipping.
**Moderation Process:**
– Moderators will remove posts and comments that violate these rules, and may ban without warning in cases of blatant disregard for rules.
*Ruleset edited and revised 6-18-2025
