LinkedIn · Tue 3 Nov · Article 1
That $361 backlink price you may have seen quoted comes from a study that's a few years old and smaller than you'd guess.
Ahrefs asked 450 sites in nine competitive niches to sell a link on an existing page. Only 12.6% said yes. The ones that did asked $361.44 on average.
Then they pitched guest posts to 180 sites. Those came out at $77.80. Cheaper, until you notice the detail in the write-up: the sites selling guest posts almost all had low DR, and you still had to write the article.
That gap is the whole pricing story. Sites with real readers say no more often and charge more when they say yes. Sites that sell to anyone are cheap because they sell to anyone.
So when a quote looks low, ask for the site's organic traffic, not just its DR. DR is the easier number to inflate.
We publish our prices, so the guide has worked examples too: three Standard links and one Plus come to 5 credits, $1,125 on our Starter plan, about $281 a link.
Full guide in the comments.
Why it works: Opens on a number many readers have seen and never checked, gives the detail that explains it, and turns it into one check they can use. Our price comes last, as an example, not a pitch.