Reddit rules index · read 2026-10-04
Can you promote on r/etsypromos?
Self-promotion restricted Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed.
AI-generated content not allowed Its rules remove some or all AI-generated posts, comments or media. Write it yourself here, or pick another community. Other communities' AI rules.
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A community where Etsy sellers can promote their shop and individual items!
What its rules say about promotion
Copyrighted posts are prohibited
All promotional post must be your own work and ideas. Posts including any copyrighted work (or infringement) will be taken down. Users who continuously promote copyrighted work on this subreddit will be banned from this sub.
Refrain from promoting yourself in someone else's thread
This is disrespectful. Create your own post.
No reselling
This site is for artisans and vintage sellers. This is not promoting resale from sites like AliExpress, Shein, and the like.
What its rules say about AI and bots
AI
Etsy is a community for artisans. Any AI posts will be removed.
All 11 rules of r/etsypromos
- Copyrighted posts are prohibited
All promotional post must be your own work and ideas. Posts including any copyrighted work (or infringement) will be taken down. Users who continuously promote copyrighted work on this subreddit will be banned from this sub. - Refrain from promoting yourself in someone else's thread
This is disrespectful. Create your own post. - Be nice
Avoid deliberate attempts to offend or pick a fight. Under no circumstances should a comment be a personal attack on another user. Abrasive comments and insults will be deleted and users who habitually attack others will be banned from this sub. - No crowdfunding or fundraising
- No copyrighted material or IP
Posts that have are related to any licensed IP (Disney, Harry Potter, Nintendo, etc.) will be removed. Etsy will likely remove the listings as well and you could face legal consequences. Do not steal art. - No reselling
This site is for artisans and vintage sellers. This is not promoting resale from sites like AliExpress, Shein, and the like. - NSFW posts must contain spoilers
- No posting off topic such as Rate My Shop
This is not the correct subreddit to ask for feedback about your shop or give away your free listings. There are other subreddits to ask those questions or share information. - Off Topic
No off topics posts allowed. Take those to other communities. - AI
Etsy is a community for artisans. Any AI posts will be removed. - No other Etsy topics
Topics such as states, rate my shop, SEO optimization, etc. are not permitted on this sub. There are plenty of other subs for this.
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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