r/shopify: rules, audience and how brands can post there
384,769 members. Self-promotion allowed? No.
r/shopify is the community for Shopify merchants, with about 385,000 members. Its description says it's promotion-free, and it bans soliciting, external links and offers to help, free ones included.
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- Members
- 384,769
- Self-promotion
- No
- Created
- 2011
- Checked
- November 7, 2026
What r/shopify is
This subreddit is a forum to ask or seek any information regarding Shopify. Store owners can discuss any Shopify-specific issues. Note that this is a promotion-free sub and the rules (please read them) are very strictly enforced..
Shopify app makers and service providers who want to hear what merchants complain about and can help without posting a link.
Can a brand post in r/shopify?
The sub's description says it's promotion-free. The soliciting rule bans promoting yourself or services, including 'offers to help' even if free, and it also covers workarounds like recommending someone or inviting people to DM you. You can't share links, and that includes YouTube descriptions, blog content marketing, Shopify signup links and links for apps or courses. Success stories, guides, case studies and 'what we learned' posts are banned. So are dev-research posts asking for pain points or app validation. To post, your account needs to be 30 days old with 20 comment karma and 20 post karma. Brands can only help in comments, and without links.
What works
- Answering Shopify-specific questions in detail, with no link
- Meeting the 30-day, 20-comment-karma and 20-post-karma gate before you try to post
- Keeping posts only about the Shopify platform, as rule 1 requires
- Reading threads for the problems merchants are really dealing with, such as outages, legal letters and platform changes
What gets removed
- Promoting yourself or services, including free offers to help
- Links to external content, blogs, courses, apps or Shopify signup links
- Success stories, guides, how-tos and blogspam
- Dev research posts looking for pain points or beta testers
The rules, summarised
- 1. All Posts must be related to Shopify Exclusively
All posts must be directly and exclusively related to the Shopify Platform - no posts with issues that may pertain to ecom stores in general. Dropship-related posts should be made to relevant groups like r/dropship or r/dropshipping.
- 2. No Store or App Reviews / Feedback
All store reviews must be posted to r/reviewmyshopify unless part of an AMA / approved review thread.
- 3. No Success Stories / Guides / How-To / Blogspam / AI
No unsolicited AMA (ask me anything) posts, success stories, 'how I made' posts, expert guides, blogs, 'top' lists, I analyzed 5,000 stores..., case studies, 'what we learned' etc.
- 4. Soliciting, Promotion, or Direct Soliciting via DM
Promoting yourself or services is banned, including offers to help even if free, and trying to get around it by recommending someone or asking for DMs. Violations lead to a ban.
- 5. Store, Course, or Illegal Theme Resale
If you attempt to resell or freely offer paid themes or courses that you didn't create or have resale rights, you will be issued an instant and permanent ban.
- 6. No spamming or links to external content.
The sharing of any links, be it in a YouTube description or otherwise is not allowed. Content marketing via blog articles will not be allowed. Please avoid links for signup for Shopify as well as for apps and external courses.
- 7. We are all grown ups (well, most of us...).
Abuse and racism is not accepted. Please report any posts or comments. Please do not use this if you simply disagree with the poster.
- 8. No 'Dev Research' or App Developer posts
Posts looking for 'pain points' of store owners, beta testing, app reviews, app validation ideas, or other posts that are looking for ideas or feedback on apps or app / software ideas are not allowed.
- 9. Account Requirements
Our minimum account age requirement is 30 days, and our minimum karma requirement is 20 'comment' karma AND 20 'post' karma (these are different than your overall karma).
- 10. No AI or Suspected AI Slop
Obvious or suspected AI content is not welcome here in any form. Violations from lower-karma accounts with little contribution history in this sub may result in a ban.
- 11. No 3PL Related Posts
There are plenty of other groups for 3PL-related posts; this sub has been inundated with them. This will not be the place for 3PL discussion.
Source: the community's own rules page, read on November 7, 2026. Rules change, so check the page before you post. See also the 9:1 rule.
Frequently asked questions
Can I promote my Shopify app on r/shopify?
No. The sub calls itself promotion-free, bans promoting yourself or services, and bans links to external content, including apps and courses.
Why is my r/shopify post removed automatically?
Accounts need to be 30 days old with at least 20 comment karma and 20 post karma. Otherwise posts and comments are auto-removed, and the mods won't waive it.
Want help earning a place in r/shopify?
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