Where to get honest feedback on a business idea
Most Reddit communities block idea validation through strict no-promotion rules and a strong anti-self-promotion culture. Large, general groups usually just generate noise instead of useful feedback. To get truly valuable signal, you must find small communities where your actual target users hang out and let them brutally tear the idea apart.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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Where to get honest feedback on a business idea
- 1Asking one specific question without posting linksDid this help you?
- 2Avoiding defending oneself in commentsDid this help you?
- 3Targeting small niche subreddits where actual users hang out rather than big general subredditsDid this help you?
- 4Asking experienced sellers on forums for feedback on the product's viability before paying any fees.Did this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“My experience is the brutal part is the valuable part. Big general subs give you noise. Small subs where your actual users hang out will tear the idea apart, and that is where the useful signal lives.”source ↗
“Reddit is not a good place for idea validation because most subs have a no promotion rule and even if they don’t, the culture here is anti-self promo.”source ↗
“I’m 25 and currently home with my baby until I return to work in January. I’m looking for a way to make some extra money, and I’ve put together a budgeting spreadsheet bundle”source ↗
“I’m thinking about selling it on Etsy, but it’s showing a $29 setup fee.”source ↗
“Is it realistic to make a little extra income selling something like this? How hard is it to get your first few sales, and is there anything you wish you’d known before starting?”source ↗
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