Posting your startup in r/thesidehustle
Yes. r/thesidehustle is one of the subreddits that lets founders share their own product, as long as you follow its self-promotion rules and give the community more than you take. The rules and the post formats that get approved are below.
Genuine advice-seeking posts and personal stories about side hustle ideas in progress. Posts that ask for feedback on a nascent idea, share struggles/failures, or describe a side hustle concept the poster is exploring (not yet selling) get traction.
Self-promotion rules
No advertising, course sales, referral links, or stealth monetization—violations result in 7-day to permanent bans. Any offers for work/tasks must be pre-approved via modmail with flair before posting. Do not solicit users via DM or external platforms without permission, or you'll be banned and filtered. (Note: this sub is strict about self-promotion, lead with pure value.)
Post templates that get approved
Genuine advice-seeking posts and personal stories about side hustle ideas in progress. Posts that ask for feedback on a nascent idea, share struggles/failures, or describe a side hustle concept the poster is exploring (not yet selling) get traction.
thinking about building a saas for scheduling, curious if there's real demand?
I've been manually managing my own scheduling system for a few months and realized I waste hours each week on it. A few people have asked if I'd build something similar for them, so I'm wondering if there's actually a market here before I invest more time.