I used my dad's email after Reddit banned me 6 times. Now that tool makes $5k/month
I had two products fail before I understood the problem.
The first one was an online library tool. I thought it was brilliant. Spent three months building it. Tried to market it on Reddit.
Banned twice. Got one user. They never came back.
The product died quietly. No users. No feedback. Just silence.
The second one was different. I called it BuildFast. React and Next.js animations you could copy paste into your projects. Developers actually wanted it. I knew because people kept asking for this exact thing in threads.
But nobody knew it existed.
I made one sale. One.
Then got banned again trying to promote it.
So I turned to Reddit harder. This was supposed to be the solution.
The ban cycle that broke me
I thought posting about your product was normal. Answer questions. Be helpful. Add value. That's what everyone said to do.
First ban came in 3 days.
I had commented on 8 posts in one afternoon. All helpful answers. All genuine. Didn't matter. Mods saw a new account suddenly active and nuked it.
Second account I went slower. Built karma for a week. Then posted about my product once in a relevant thread.
Banned.
Third account I only commented. Never mentioned my product. Just helped people. After 3 weeks I answered one question with "I built something for this" and dropped a link.
Gone.
Fourth attempt I hired someone on Upwork to post for me. Thought a different IP and older account would work.
Banned faster than I was.
Fifth attempt I built karma for a full month. Posted memes. Commented everywhere. Got to 500 karma. Then casually mentioned my product in a "what are you working on" thread.
Shadowbanned. Took me three days to even realize nobody could see my posts.
By the sixth ban I was broken.
Four months gone. My product was dying while I played Reddit roulette. I had maybe two months of runway left. Reddit was supposed to be free organic growth. Instead it became another thing killing me slowly.
The desperate move that changed everything
I signed up with my dad's email.
Not because I thought it would work. Because I had no other options left.
But this time I changed everything.
I had been tracking my bans in a messy Google Sheet. Which subreddit. What I posted. How fast I posted. Time of day. Account age. Karma level.
Patterns started showing up.
Subreddits with under 100k members were more forgiving and active. Posting between 2pm-5pm ET got less mod attention. Accounts under 20-30 days old died fast no matter what. Commenting 3+ times in a day triggered spam filters even if you were being helpful.
I rebuilt my approach completely.
Waited 25 days before posting anything product related. Only commented 2 times per day max. Focused on 5 small subreddits instead of chasing the big ones. Changed my writing tone to match each subreddit.
It worked.
Not because of my dad's email. Because I finally understood Reddit's rhythm.
Turning pain into a system
I spent two more months obsessing over what actually worked.
I tracked which subreddits allowed product mentions and which ones banned on sight. I watched when mods were active. I tested different tones and formats. I documented everything.
The Google Sheet became a system. Then I started automating parts of it with scripts.
Then I thought: other people are suffering through this exact hell right now.
So I built MediaFa.st
It finds subreddits that actually work for your project. Not just big ones. Ones where your content survives.
It analyzes what posts work in each subreddit. Format. Tone. Timing.
Then it builds you a roadmap of what to post, where to post, when to post, when to comment, when to rest.
I launched it without hope. Just wanted to help a few people avoid my four months of pain.
The revenue climb nobody believed would happen
First month: $360
First sale was from a guy I met on X, he bought the unfinished project.
$360 made in the first month. I was super exited.
Second month: $760
A few more builders found it. Sharing about it on X worked.
Third month: $1,200
My first client had amazing results, meanwhile others had an issue with consistency, they wanted quick results and left.
Fourth month: $1,800
Fifth month: $1,700 (first hater appeared here)
Sixth month: $2,300
Seventh month: $2,700 (someone tried to copy my product but failed)
I held here for three months. September, October, November around $2,700-$3,000. I thought this was the ceiling.
December: $5,000
I still don't know exactly why it jumped. More builders struggling with Reddit. More people sharing it. SEO started kicking in.
January 2026: $5,400
Now I know this can grow. It's not luck anymore.
What actually works for Reddit growth
Here's what I learned after 6 bans and 6 months of studying Reddit like it was my job:
Subreddit research matters more than content
Don't guess which subreddits to post in. Some will ban you instantly. Some are perfect for your product but you'd never find them.
MediaFast analyzes which subreddits in your niche actually allow product mentions. It checks rules, mod behavior, and what similar posts survived.
Every subreddit has a tone
You can't copy paste the same post everywhere. r/SaaS wants different language than r/Entrepreneur. r/startups wants validation differently than r/SideProject.
The tool shows you what format works where. Sometimes it's a story. Sometimes it's a question. Sometimes it's just a comment in someone else's thread.
Pacing is the secret nobody talks about
Reddit doesn't punish you for one post. It punishes you for posting/commenting too much too fast.
The roadmap spaces everything correctly. Post Monday. Comment Tuesday and Wednesday. Post Thursday. Comment again Friday in a different subreddit.
This keeps you off mod radar while building trust.
Comments build more trust than posts
Sometimes the best move isn't posting. It's commenting on someone else's post with helpful answers, then mentioning your product naturally days later.
The system tells you when to post and when to just be present.
Rest periods keep you alive
Sounds boring. But taking 2-3 days off between heavy activity is critical. Mods notice patterns. Break the pattern.
Mistakes I made (so you don't have to)
Chasing big subreddits
r/Entrepreneur has millions of members. It also bans 99.9% of product posts. Better to post in r/SideProject with 100k members where mods are chill.
Posting the same content everywhere
I tried this. Got banned in 4 subreddits in one day. Each subreddit has its own culture. Respect it.
New accounts posting too fast
If your account is too young, you're under a microscope. Build karma slowly first.
Ignoring comment strategy
I wasted months only posting. Comments build trust faster and get you banned less.
Not tracking what worked
I wish I had started tracking from day one. Would've saved me 2 months of guessing.
Not being consistent
You cannot just skip 3-4 days and then comeback, your account MUST stay warmed up.
What's working now
I'm not chasing hacks anymore. Just steady growth.
I share my journey on X. Builders who struggle with Reddit find MediaFast through my posts.
I start marketing on Reddit for my other app (recently built). But now I know which subreddits work and when to post.
I'm focusing on SEO for scale. "How to grow on Reddit" and "Reddit marketing without getting banned" are bringing organic traffic.
Goal is $10k/month. Not because I need it. Because I want to prove this model works long term.
Why I built this in public
Transparency works.
I share my revenue. My struggles. My exact tactics. People respect that. All that on https://x.com/arthuryuzbashew
And honestly, after losing everything twice, I don't care about hiding anymore. I'd rather help people avoid my mistakes than protect some competitive advantage.
If you're tired of getting banned while your product dies in silence, MediaFast might help.
👉 https://mediafa.st
I used my dad's email out of desperation. You don't have to.
