Buying Reddit upvotes
Vote sellers deliver from accounts you've never met. Reddit's rules name voting services as vote manipulation, and a bought vote never reads your post or leaves a comment.
Quick answer: LaunchPact's Reddit pacts are a free way to get real Reddit upvotes from other founders instead of buying them. Paste the link to your live Reddit post (any subreddit), then pledge to other founders' posts you'd genuinely upvote. When a founder accepts, a pact forms: you each upvote the other's post and upload a screenshot within 48 hours, and each screenshot is checked against the post before it counts. Once your upvote is verified, a proven comment earns +5 Reddit trust. Missing the window breaks the pact and costs 15 Reddit trust. Listing is free, 1 active post at a time.
The problem
Why the usual ways to get Reddit upvotes backfire
Reddit upvote bots
A bot can click an arrow. It can't read your post, answer a question in the comments, or turn into a customer.
"Upvote for upvote" threads
Drop your link in an upvote for upvote thread and you upvote a dozen strangers on trust. Nobody checks who returned the favor.
How it works
Upvote theirs, they upvote yours, both of you prove it
List your Reddit post
Paste the link to your live Reddit post, in any subreddit. LaunchPact imports the title. Listing is free, 1 active post at a time.
Pledge to posts you'd upvote
Browse posts from other founders and pledge to the ones you'd genuinely upvote. When a founder accepts your pledge, or you accept theirs, a pact forms.
Upvote and prove it
You each upvote the other's post and upload a screenshot within 48 hours. Each screenshot is checked against the post before it counts, and a finished pact adds +5 Reddit trust for each of you.
Comment for bonus trust
Once your upvote is verified, leave a comment and prove it the same way for +5 Reddit trust, as much as finishing the whole pact.
Accountability
Built so founders actually show up
An upvote only counts once the screenshot is verified, and missing one costs the founder who promised it.
Proof, not promises
Every upvote and comment needs a screenshot, checked against the post before it counts. Saying you'll show up isn't enough.
No-shows pay for it
If the 48-hour window closes before your screenshot is verified, the pact breaks and you lose 15 Reddit trust.
Repeat no-shows leave the feed
A founder who keeps missing pacts and drops to 0 trust has their post taken off the feed.
A Reddit record of its own
Reddit trust starts at 50 and is tracked apart from your Product Hunt trust, so each record stands on its own.
FAQ
Reddit upvote questions, answered
No. Nobody pays for votes on LaunchPact, and listing a Reddit post is free. You get upvotes by forming pacts with founders and upvoting their posts in return, and every upvote is proven with a screenshot.
Reddit's rules on vote manipulation cover buying votes, bots, multiple accounts, and organized groups voting together on posts. A pact is two founders agreeing to support each other's posts, so we won't tell you it carries no risk. LaunchPact never votes for you or touches your Reddit account. Pledge only to posts you'd upvote anyway, leave real comments, and read each subreddit's self-promotion rules before you post.
Post something useful in a subreddit where your readers already are, follow its self-promotion rules, and reply to comments. Then get the post in front of people who will actually read it. That last part is what pacts are for: founders who pledge to your post upvote it and prove it.
Yes. On LaunchPact, the upvotes on your post come from founders you formed a pact with, each proven with a screenshot. It's free, but it's an exchange: you upvote their post too.
LaunchPact doesn't run bots or hand out votes. Every upvote comes from a founder you formed a pact with and is proven with a screenshot of the post.
No. Comments come from founders you have a pact with. They're optional, unlock once that founder's upvote is verified, and earn them +5 Reddit trust when proven with a screenshot.
Any subreddit. The post must already be live on Reddit. Paste the link to the post itself (share links work too). A link to a subreddit's front page won't import.
48 hours from when the pact forms. If you scheduled your post to go live on LaunchPact later, the 48 hours start then instead.
When the window closes without a verified screenshot, the pact breaks and they lose 15 Reddit trust. A founder who keeps missing pacts and drops to 0 trust has their post taken off the feed.
Yes. Back it instead: a one-way promise to upvote, with no penalty if you don't. A verified back earns +2 Reddit trust, and backs expire 7 days after the post goes live on LaunchPact.
Yes. Reddit posts are free to list, 1 active post at a time. To list another, take your current post off the feed first.
No. Reddit posts are listed separately from Product Hunt launches, and Reddit trust starts at 50, tracked apart from your Product Hunt trust.
It's one piece. A Reddit marketing strategy still starts with posts and comments that help people in subreddits where your customers are. Pacts make sure a few founders actually read and engage with the post once it's up.
Put your next Reddit post in front of founders who read it
List your post free, pledge to posts you'd upvote anyway, and prove every upvote with a screenshot.
