If you’re trying to sell your SaaS, Reddit is a goldmine. Here’s how I automated the hard part.

Reddit has quietly been the best channel for finding early customers for my products. Not ads, not Twitter, not Product Hunt. Reddit threads where people ask real buying questions.

The problem:
Reddit only works if you can show up every day and hunt for those conversations. And if you’ve ever tried doing it manually, you know how painful that routine is:

1. checking 20+ subreddits every morning

2. hoping you catch good threads before they get buried

3. writing replies that are actually helpful

4. making sure you don’t break any rules

5. constantly worrying about getting banned

It works, but it’s chaotic. And inconsistent. And honestly… exhausting.

Still, even with all the friction, Reddit kept sending me paying users. Sometimes for months from a single reply. So I forced myself to do it manually for a long time. Until I finally gave up and built something to help.

How I automated the worst parts of the workflow

I built a small tool for myself that did three simple things:

1. It finds high-intent Reddit threads automatically

Not every thread is worth replying to. I only cared about conversations where someone is seriously shopping around for tools or alternatives. The tool watches for those and surfaces them before they go stale.

2. It drafts replies I can edit and post myself

Not canned marketing copy—just a structured starting point based on the conversation. Enough to save time, but still requiring a human touch so it feels like a real response.

3. It protects the account doing the posting

Reddit is strict. One bad post and you’re done.
So the tool checks:

age and karma requirements
subreddit rules
posting frequency
shadow ban signals

Basically all the stuff I used to double-check manually.

I built this because I was spending too many hours each week doing repetitive work just to make Reddit usable as a channel. The first working version immediately cut that down to a few minutes a day.

What happened next

A few friends who run SaaS products asked to try it.
Then more people asked.
Eventually I cleaned it up enough to turn it into something others could use.

Now anyone can try it for 7 day for free.

No onboarding calls, no setup headaches. You just plug in your Reddit account and start getting high-intent threads.

Why I think this matters for indie hackers

If you're building a SaaS, you already know distribution is usually harder than building the product. And for all the talk about “channels,” most solo founders don’t have time to show up everywhere every day.

Reddit works because it’s one of the only places where people openly ask:

“What should I use for X?”

“Has anyone tried Y?”

“Looking for alternatives to Z.”

Those are basically warm leads disguised as forum posts.

I just wanted a way to stop missing those moments.

If you want to try it

Here’s the tool:
https://www.trafficscout.app

There’s a 7-day free trial.

Happy to answer anything

If you’re trying to figure out Reddit for your SaaS, feel free to ask:

what counts as a “high-intent” post

how often to reply

how to avoid bans

which subreddits actually convert

what I learned from doing this manually for years

Indie Hackers has helped me a ton over the years, so I’m happy to share whatever I’ve learned.