r/sales for B2B sellers
609,234 members · rules and posts checked 17 October 2026
r/sales is a Reddit community about sales and selling, with 609,234 members. Sellers can't participate much directly, because the rules ban self promotion, pitching, recruiting, branded promotion, and recommending offerings you're affiliated with.
People here often ask for recommendations and practical advice. Recent requests include learning resources for discovery calls, feedback on professional-development courses, ideas for customer and partner gifts, and sources of information relevant to sales work.
Self-promotion: not allowed
This community has a zero-tolerance approach to selling and self-promotion. Sellers cannot pitch products, offer trials, recruit users, promote affiliated solutions, use branded accounts, post referral links, or respond to recommendation requests with their own offerings; violations can result in permanent bans.
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2No Selling or Self Promotion
Do not promote, pitch, offer, or mention your own product or service unless directly asked.
3No Recruiting Users
Do not recruit salespeople or invite users to trials for products, services, or platforms.
4No Spam, Affiliation to Recommendations or Referral Links
Do not post spam, referral links, or recommend something you are affiliated with.
5No Marketing or Blogspam
Do not post marketing content, blogspam, branded accounts, or self-promotional articles with identifying links.
6No Sales Memes
Do not post sales memes.
7No Off-Site Communities
Do not advertise or recruit members into off-site communities or paid groups.
8Failure To Include Details
Advice requests must include enough detail; low-effort posts may be removed.
9No Bot or AI Generated Content
Do not post AI-generated or bot-generated content.
10Zero Contribution
Posts and comments must directly relate to sales topics.
11Violates Sitewide Policies
Follow Reddit-wide policies.
Summarised from the community's posted rules on 17 October 2026. Moderators change rules; read the current rules before you post.
What buyers ask for here
Sample requests from public posts, paraphrased and anonymised, found 17 October 2026.
- “Looking for recommendations on books, videos, or learning resources to improve discovery calls.”
- “Seeking ideas for year-end thank-you gifts for important business partners after previously giving custom golf bags.”
- “Looking for a source that tracks upcoming facilities and renovation projects for college athletic departments.”
- “Asking whether an online professional-development course is worth taking and seeking feedback from people who used it.”
- “Looking for services or methods for sending thank-you cards and gifts to customers or contacts.”
Of 159 recent posts we checked, 3% read as someone looking to buy or hire. How we collect this
Who it suits
Good for
- Sales training and coaching services
- Sales enablement and prospecting software (for market research only, not promotion inside the subreddit)
- Professional education and certification providers
- B2B services aimed at sales teams and revenue organizations
Less useful for
- Recruiters seeking candidates
- Vendors relying on direct self-promotion
- Companies wanting to run trials or community-driven lead generation
How to take part without getting removed
- Do not promote, pitch, offer, or mention your own product or service unless directly asked.
- Do not recruit users, invite people to trials, or promote platforms.
- Do not post referral links, spam, or recommend something you are affiliated with.
- Do not post marketing content, blogspam, branded-account promotion, or self-promotional articles with identifying links.
- Keep comments directly related to sales topics and provide useful detail when giving advice.
- Do not use AI-generated or bot-generated content.
What a good reply looks like here
Replies that do well here stay neutral and practical and focus on helping whoever asked. Leave out your own company, product, service, links, and affiliations.
Sample reply: If your goal is to improve discovery calls, I would compare a mix of books, videos, and other learning resources rather than relying on one format. It may help to share more detail about your role, experience level, and the specific part of discovery you want to improve so people can suggest resources that fit your situation.
When to skip r/sales
This community usually isn't worth prioritizing if your strategy depends on direct promotion, recruiting users, running trials, generating leads through community engagement, or mentioning your own solution. It works better for watching discussions and giving unbiased sales advice.
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