Link Building Services: Pricing, Packages and Reporting

Link building service

Link building services with monthly link minimums

Our link building service earns editorial links from news and trade publications through digital PR. Plans start at $3,300 a month for at least five links, and every link is reported with its URL, a screenshot and the page it supports.

Overview

You send the website. We pick the pages that need links, research and write the stories, data and expert comments journalists use, pitch them through our journalist relationships and public records (FOIA) requests, and keep developing stories until your monthly minimum is met. Publishers decide whether to cover a story and how to link, and we don't pay publishers, so the links are editorial.

Below you'll find what each plan costs, what's in the report, an illustrative month, and how digital PR compares with the other link building services on the market, including where those make sense.

Quick answer

How much do link building services cost?

Market rates run roughly $100 to $500 for guest posts, $200 to $600 for niche edits and $400 to $1,500 per placed link for digital PR. Our plans cost $3,300, $6,000 or $10,600 a month for at least 5, 10 or 20 editorial links, which is $660 to $530 per placement.

Service detail

What this includes.

01

Pricing and packages.

Plans run month to month:

  • Starter: $3,300 a month for at least 5 editorial links ($660 per placement)
  • Growth: $6,000 a month for at least 10 links ($600 per placement)
  • Scale: $10,600 a month for at least 20 links ($530 per placement)

The minimum is contractual, and larger custom scopes are available. Not sure which tier? How many backlinks do I need walks through the math, and agencies can resell the same work through white-label link building. Checkout is in USD, and the price shown is the price charged. Full detail is on the backlink packages page and the pricing table.

02

What's reported for every link.

Each placement goes into a live report when it's confirmed, with the article URL, a screenshot, the page on your site it links to and the checks it passed: the publication has organic traffic, the article is indexed and the link is live.

Publishers choose the anchor text and whether to add nofollow, so the report records those details for each link. Only live, verified placements count toward your minimum.

03

An example month, for illustration.

This is an illustrative example, not a client result. An online mattress retailer on Starter wants links to its buying guides. We pull public data on sleep and bedroom costs, write a short study ranking US cities, and pitch it to lifestyle and metro desks alongside reactive comments on seasonal sleep stories.

A month like that might end with five placements: one metro news site, two lifestyle sites and two trade titles. Each is logged with its URL, screenshot and target page, and all five count toward the minimum.

04

How digital PR compares with other link building services.

  • Guest posts: you or the vendor writes an article, the site is paid, and your link goes live. Market rates run about $100 to $500 a post. Google expects paid links to carry rel="sponsored", which removes the ranking value you paid for.
  • Niche edits: a link inserted into an already-published article, usually for $200 to $600. The inventory tends to be site owners paid off the books or networks editing their own pages, as covered in PBN links vs editorial links.
  • Request platforms:HARO, Qwoted and Featured pass on journalist requests. The links are editorial and free per placement, but the cost is labor: watching feeds daily and answering within the hour. A solo effort often yields a few links a month.
  • Digital PR: earned coverage on news sites, typically $400 to $1,500 per link at agency prices. It costs more per link, and the links come from editors choosing to cite you.

We only sell digital PR. If you want guest posts or niche edits, we're the wrong vendor.

05

How to vet any link building agency.

Run the same checks on us as on anyone else:

  • Ask for five recent placements in your vertical, check each site's organic traffic in Ahrefs or Semrush, and run a site: search to confirm the page is indexed
  • Scan the site's other articles for links to unrelated businesses, the usual footprint of sold placements
  • Get the definition of a qualifying link, the replacement policy and the reporting format in writing
  • Walk away from guaranteed placements in named publications, "DA 50+ guaranteed" menus, private networks of sites and guaranteed rankings

The full method is in the backlink quality checklist.

Managed delivery

How the campaign runs.

You don't need to find journalists, write pitches or chase live URLs. Send the website, and the team handles the research, writing and pitching.

  1. 01Choose the target pages

    We pick the pages on your site that need links, based on your website and the terms you want to rank for.

  2. 02Plan the month

    Angles are scheduled across reactive, commentary and data routes to hit your minimum.

  3. 03Earn and verify

    Placements land on independent publications and pass traffic and indexation checks.

  4. 04Report and adjust

    Live reporting shows every URL, and the next month's plan follows what landed.

Questions

Useful answers before you choose a package.

How much do link building services cost?

Market rates run roughly $100 to $500 for guest posts, $200 to $600 for niche edits and $400 to $1,500 per placed link for digital PR. Our plans cost $3,300, $6,000 or $10,600 a month for at least 5, 10 or 20 editorial links, which is $660 to $530 per placement.

What's the minimum commitment?

One month. Plans run month to month, starting at $3,300 for at least five editorial links, and there's no long lock-in.

Do you offer guest posts or niche edits?

No. Everything we place is earned editorial coverage on independent publications. If you want paid placements, we're the wrong vendor, and we'll say so.

Are cheap link building services ever worth it?

For a disposable affiliate site making a pure ROI bet, sometimes. For a brand domain you plan to keep, no. The cheap tiers concentrate the risks Google's spam systems look for, paid-link footprints and networks, and cleanup costs more than the links did.

Agency, freelancer or in-house?

In-house works when link building is a permanent, high-volume need and you can hire people with newsroom contacts. Freelancers suit small, defined projects. An agency makes sense when you need journalist relationships, story production and volume without building a team. The vetting checks are the same in all three cases.

What happens if a link gets removed?

Ask any vendor before signing, because policies differ. Our live report shows the current status of every placement, so a removed link is visible to you.

Start here

Tell us which pages need links.

Email info@seobacklinks.com with your website and the pages you want to rank, and we'll tell you which plan fits, or if none does.

Email info@seobacklinks.com