# SocialStinger

> SocialStinger finds people publicly asking to buy what you sell on Reddit, Hacker News, Bluesky, GitHub and Stack Overflow — for B2B/SaaS teams, consumer apps, agencies and freelancers. AI scores the intent, category, budget and location so you can reply first.

SocialStinger is a buying-intent search engine. It continuously searches public communities for posts where someone is asking to buy a product or service, then uses AI to classify each post by intent type, score it from 0 to 100, and extract the category, budget, competitors mentioned and location. Users search and filter these leads, save them to lists, and get email alerts for new matches.

Key facts:
- Who it's for: B2B/SaaS teams and founders, agencies and freelancers. Local service businesses are not a focus.
- Sources: Reddit, Hacker News, Bluesky, GitHub, Stack Overflow. Only public posts, accessed through permitted methods.
- Not crawled: Facebook, Nextdoor, LinkedIn, or any site whose terms forbid automated collection.
- Intent types: hiring a service, seeking a tool, asking for a recommendation, competitor pain, problem statement.
- Fit filters: countries served, minimum stated budget (agencies/freelancers), buyer type, company size and competitors mentioned (B2B).
- Freshness: sources are checked every hour.
- SocialStinger does not post, reply or send messages on anyone's behalf.
- Pricing: Free plan ($0; leads once 24 hours old, 1 search, daily digest) and Pro ($19/month; real-time leads, 10 searches, hourly + urgent alerts, unlimited reply drafts, competitor apps, CSV export). Monthly, cancel anytime: https://www.socialstinger.app/pricing

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.socialstinger.app/): What SocialStinger does, how it works, use cases and FAQ
- [Sign up](https://www.socialstinger.app/signup): Create a free account
- [Blog](https://www.socialstinger.app/blog): Guides on finding customers with buying intent
- [Free tools](https://www.socialstinger.app/tools): Free tools for finding people ready to buy
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.socialstinger.app/privacy)
- [Terms of Service](https://www.socialstinger.app/terms)

## Free tools

- [Buying-intent keyword generator](https://www.socialstinger.app/tools/buying-intent-keywords): Type what you sell and get the exact phrases buyers use when they're ready to buy, with one-click searches on Reddit, Hacker News and Google. Free, no sign-up.
- [Competitor alternative finder](https://www.socialstinger.app/tools/competitor-alternative-finder): Enter a competitor and get the searches that surface their unhappy customers: “alternative to X”, “switching from X”, “X too expensive” — ready to run on Reddit, Hacker News and Google.
- [Lead intent checker](https://www.socialstinger.app/tools/lead-intent-checker): Paste a Reddit, Hacker News or forum post and get a 0–100 buying-intent score with the reasons: explicit asks, budget, deadline, seller signals. Free and private — it runs in your browser.
- [Subreddit finder for leads](https://www.socialstinger.app/tools/subreddits-for-leads): The Reddit communities where people ask to hire, buy or switch — grouped for freelancers, agencies, AI & automation, SaaS, marketing, web and consumer apps.
- [Lead reply templates](https://www.socialstinger.app/tools/reply-templates): Copy-ready replies for the five kinds of buyer posts: hiring, recommendations, switching from a competitor, price questions and problems. Helpful first, light on the pitch.
- [Buying-intent signals guide](https://www.socialstinger.app/tools/buying-intent-guide): A plain-English guide to the posts that turn into customers — from “looking to hire” to “switching from X” — with examples, how hot each one is, and how to respond.

## Blog

- [How to Find Customers on Reddit (Without Getting Banned)](https://www.socialstinger.app/blog/how-to-find-customers-on-reddit): A practical guide to finding people on Reddit who are asking for what you sell — which searches to run, which subreddits to watch, and how to reply without breaking community rules.
- [Buying Intent Signals: How to Spot Someone Who's Ready to Buy](https://www.socialstinger.app/blog/buying-intent-signals): What buying intent signals are, the five kinds of public posts that reveal them, and how to score a lead's intent before you reach out.

## Optional

- [Full text for LLMs](https://www.socialstinger.app/llms-full.txt): Summary plus FAQ in one file
- Contact: hello@socialstinger.app