Find Pain Points on Reddit Your Customers Would Pay to Fix
Get an alert when people in a subreddit describe a problem they'd pay to solve. A subreddit search for 'is there an app' and 'I wish', filtered by AI.
Short answer: people describe unsolved problems on Reddit with phrases like "is there an app", "I wish" and "so frustrated". Create an AyeWatch Search in subreddit monitor for those phrases in the community you're building for, and filter to "people describing a problem they would pay to solve". You get a running list of real pain points, as they're posted.
Set it up
- Open Create a monitor → Reddit and choose Search in subreddit.
- Paste the subreddit link, like
https://www.reddit.com/r/smallbusiness/. - Search:
"is there an app" OR "I wish" OR frustrated. - In Only alert me about, write "people describing a problem they would pay to solve".
- Pick a schedule and click Create monitor.
Phrases that surface pain points
"is there an app","is there a tool""I wish","why is there no"frustrated,"waste of time","spend hours""how do you handle","what do you use for"
What you get
The first check saves the current posts as a starting point, so you are not flooded with old ones. After that, every check that finds something new sends one alert. The headline is the post itself, or "3 new from …" when several land at once, with a link to each post and its text.
Alerts land in your feed and as push in the AyeWatch iOS and Android app. On Pro and Pro+ you can also turn on email, Slack, or a webhook.
What it costs
Search in subreddit with the filter is 2 credits a check.
| Check every | Credits a day | Plan that fits |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | 2 | Free Preview to try it, then Pro |
| Twice a day | 4 | Pro |
| Every 3 hours | 16 | Pro |
Plans: Free Preview gives you 3 credits to try a monitor on a daily check. Pro is $9 a month for 500 credits and checks as often as hourly. Pro+ is $19 a month for 1,500 credits and adds ASAP mode. Failed checks are refunded, and the form shows the exact daily credit use before you save.
This collects new posts going forward. It doesn't rank or cluster past threads. For research across communities, see Reddit market research.
FAQ
Can I search several subreddits at once?
Use one monitor per subreddit, or a Reddit Search monitor across all of Reddit with your topic in the query.
Does it read comments?
No, only posts. Many pain points start as posts, and the alert links to the thread so you can read the comments.
Can I export the posts?
Yes, on Pro and Pro+, with a webhook into a spreadsheet or database.