Find people asking for what you sell, on Reddit, Hacker News and more

For founders, agencies and freelancers. ScoutTide reads Reddit, Hacker News, Stack Exchange, Bluesky, LinkedIn and Upwork for people asking for what you sell, and puts the ones that fit in one list every morning.

Find customers Who's asking, by topic

Try it on this week's public posts

Type what you sell. The box searches the public posts of the last two weeks that ask for something. No sign-up needed.

How it works

  1. Describe what you sellA few plain sentences, or let ScoutTide fill them in from your website.
  2. We search the platforms every dayReddit, Hacker News, Stack Exchange, Bluesky, LinkedIn and Upwork, searched for people asking for what you sell.
  3. One list each morningThe posts that fit, ranked, each with a link to the original post, in the app and by email.

Social leads: questions and answers

What is a social lead?

A public post from somebody asking for a product or a service: a recommendation, a quote, or someone to hire.

Which platforms does ScoutTide read?

Reddit, Hacker News, Stack Exchange and Bluesky, and LinkedIn and Upwork for what you sell once you have an account. The free box searches the public topic posts only.

Why can I not read some posts here?

Reddit and Bluesky posts are shown to signed in accounts only, as a title and a link to the original post. Hacker News and Stack Exchange posts are published under CC BY-SA 4.0 and shown in full, with their author.

What does it cost?

Every plan starts with a free trial. The prices are on the plans page.

People asking, by topic

Asking this week, all topics: 383

Who's asking, by topic

Get these every morning, matched to what you sell

ScoutTide searches these platforms, plus LinkedIn and Upwork, every day and puts the posts that fit what you sell in one list each morning.

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