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Best time to post in r/Flipping

The best and worst hours to post, the rules that get posts removed, and a check of your draft against both.

Posts in r/Flipping are most often removed for self-promotion issues. It is a public subreddit that allows both text and link posts and does not require post flair. In our latest sample of 235 recent posts, an estimated 96% were still up about a day later.

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The best and worst hours to post in r/Flipping

In our sample of 700 recent and top r/Flipping posts, activity and scores peak around Tuesday 5pm UTC, and are weakest around Sunday 1pm UTC. Based on posts sampled through Aug 31, 2026. Times in this sentence are UTC; the grid below converts to your local timezone. Timing helps a clean post get seen. It does not save a post that breaks a rule.

Times in your timezoneUTC · GMT+0

Window 1
Tue around 5pm
avg score 2327 · 4 posts sampled
Window 2
Fri around 9pm
avg score 1296.3 · 3 posts sampled
Window 3
Wed around 4pm
avg score 377.7 · 11 posts sampled

Your timezone: UTC (GMT+0). Darker cells mean more posts in our sample.

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Estimated survival rate

96%

of 235 recent r/Flipping posts we sampled were still publicly visible about a day later.

How this is measured

Estimate. We sample recent public posts and check again about 18 hours later to count how many are still publicly visible. Posts removed at the moment of submission never become publicly visible at all, so the true removal rate is at least this high. Last sampled Sep 5, 2026.

Strictness: RelaxedPublic subText + link postsFlair optionalPromo: designated thread only

r/Flipping rules: what actually gets removed

Each rule below is paired with the way it is most likely enforced. Where the rules state a number, we quote it. Where they do not, we say so instead of guessing.

1.No discussion of illegal/immoral sales
Enforcement varies
2.No posting of personal information or websites that lead to personal information (Ban Lists, etc).
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3.No hatespeech, including in your username. No personal insults.
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4.No memes/image macros
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5.Nothing NSFW without specific warnings
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6.Basic/newbie questions will be removed
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Use the daily newbie thread or research
7.This isn't a marketplace, so don't try to sell your stuff here
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8.No identification or pricing threads
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Do your own research :)
9.No "help me sell this" posts
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Use the weekly Help Me Sell This thread instead.
10.This isn't "look what i saw!" or "look what I bought/flipped!"
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11.No self promotion except in Sunday's thread
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12.We are not eBay seller support
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If your question or problem is better suited for eBay support staff, please reach out to them instead.
13.No Sales Numbers Post Without Information and Context
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We do not allow posts of screenshots, images, photos, etc of gross sale numbers without a write up with information, context, back story, etc. All posts of solely sales numbers will be deleted immediately as they provide no benefit to the community with out further explanation.
14.No discussion involving tax fraud. Breaking this rule will result in a lifetime ban.
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15.Post in Weekly Threads
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If your post fits the topic of one of our weekly threads, please share it there instead of making a new post. This helps keep the subreddit organized and makes it easier for everyone to find related content for common topics. Posts that are better suited for weekly threads will be deleted.

r/Flipping does not publish karma or account-age minimums in its rules. Subreddits often enforce unpublished filters on top of what they write down, which is why posts from new accounts can vanish without a message here.

Can you self-promote in r/Flipping?

Only in the designated thread. r/Flipping restricts promotion to Sunday's thread; a standalone promo post gets removed. The sub's own wording: "No self promotion except in Sunday's thread". Post your promo there and keep regular posts value-first.

r/Flipping by the numbers

Members: 507K
Active right now: Not public
Posts / day: 10; 365 comments / day
Community age: 13 years; since Aug 21, 2013

What a successful r/Flipping post looks like · 300 top posts from the last month
Median title length	Posts with a link	Posts with flair	Dominant format
38 characters	25%	100%	text posts

What gets removed in r/Flipping

Self-promo outside the designated thread
Promotion is only allowed in Sunday's thread. A standalone promo post gets removed.
Low karma or a new account
r/Flipping publishes no karma or age minimum, but unpublished account filters are common at this size. New accounts should comment before posting.
Reddit's sitewide spam filter
A separate layer before the subreddit ever sees your post. New accounts posting links, URL shorteners, and repeated domains are its favorite targets. Removals are instant and silent.
A shadowbanned account
If the account itself is shadowbanned, every post looks live to you and invisible to everyone else, in any subreddit.

Wondering about a post that already disappeared? Start with why Reddit posts get removed or run the free shadowban check.

Subreddits like r/Flipping

Posting somewhere adjacent? Each of these has its own rules and its own removal pattern. Check the one you actually plan to post in.

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r/Flipping posting questions

Can I post links in r/Flipping?

Yes. r/Flipping accepts link posts. The usual sitewide traps still apply: URL shorteners, affiliate parameters, and brand-new domains get filtered fast, and promotional links are judged against the sub's self-promo rules. One clean link to the original source is the safe pattern.

Does r/Flipping require karma to post?

r/Flipping does not publish a karma minimum. That does not mean there is none: many subreddits enforce unpublished karma and account-age filters that remove posts silently. If your account is new or has little karma, that is the first thing to rule out when a post disappears.

Can you self-promote in r/Flipping?

Is r/Flipping strict?

Relaxed, by our estimate (20/100 on our strictness scale, from its measured removal rate, 15 rules, and its stated gates). About 4% of recent posts disappeared within a day in our sample. Strictness is about enforcement, not hostility: a strict sub is predictable if you follow its rules.

What is the best time to post in r/Flipping?

Based on our sample of recent and top posts, activity and scores peak around Tuesday 5pm UTC and Friday 9pm UTC. Treat this as a starting point, not a guarantee: a post that breaks a rule gets removed at any hour. The heatmap on this page converts these windows to your local time.

Why do posts get removed in r/Flipping?

The most common reasons are self-promotion violations, plus the layers every subreddit has: Reddit's sitewide spam filter, unpublished AutoMod rules, and account-level gates like karma and age. In our recent sample, roughly 4% of r/Flipping posts disappeared within about a day of going up. Many removals are silent, so checking your draft first beats finding out after.

Rules last checked Aug 31, 2026

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