I was doing Reddit marketing wrong for 6 months

So I needed to get traffic from Reddit.

Should be simple, right? Everyone says find relevant posts and be helpful. Except nobody mentions the part where you spend 3 hours a day scrolling and your comments still get buried.

The problem

You search a subreddit. Sort by hot. Find a post that looks relevant.

400 comments.

Your reply goes to the bottom. Nobody sees it.

So you keep scrolling. Eventually find something with 10 comments. But wait - posted 2 weeks ago. OP hasn't replied in days. Dead thread.

Repeat for 2 hours. Find 3-4 posts worth commenting on. Get maybe one response.

Real talk - this was my life for months.

The fix

I started filtering for posts with under 5 comments, posted in the last 24 hours.

Not "hot" posts. Not trending. The quiet ones where the OP is still waiting.

Less engagement = less competition. Your comment actually gets seen.

First time I tried this seriously - boom, 4 DMs in one day.

Tools I tried

Finding these posts manually still sucked. So I tested a bunch of stuff:

Reddit native search  → Can't filter by comment count. Useless.
GummySearch           → Works but $49/mo. Too expensive for me.
Reddit Toolbox        → Free desktop app. Does what I need.
Manual tracking       → Works but painful.

I stuck with Reddit Toolbox because:

• Free (big deal right now)
• Scrapes multiple subreddits at once
• Filters by comment count
• Runs on my computer (local IP = no bans)

Not gonna lie, the UI is rough. But it saves me 2+ hours daily so whatever.

Download: www.wappkit.com/download

My workflow now

# Morning routine (~30 min)
1. Open Reddit Toolbox
2. Scrape r/SaaS, r/Entrepreneur, r/startups + niche subs
3. Filter: comments < 5, age < 24h
4. Review ~15-20 posts
5. Pick 3-5 where I can actually help
6. Write real replies (no templates)

Used to be 3 hours of scroll hell. Now it's just another morning task.

What makes comments work

Do	Don't
Answer the question first	Copy-paste everywhere
Share specific failures	Comment on old posts
Mention product casually	Start with "Great question!"

Results

Honest numbers: 15-20 site visits per day from Reddit now.

Not viral. Not crazy growth. But consistent. And these visitors actually convert because they came from real conversations.

TL;DR

• Hot posts = too late, too crowded
• Target: under 5 comments, posted recently
• Tool: Reddit Toolbox (free)
• Be genuinely helpful
• 30 min/day vs 3 hours

What subreddits work for you guys? Still looking for more niche ones.