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Hi all
I thought I’d better post this question up here and see what people have to say about it. Guess it’s correct to say that lots of us are doing it – buying and selling links, but with google insanely clamping down on everything they manage to get their hands on, is this still a safe enough practice?
In my example it would be about selling links, as recently, I’ve received various offers. Also I’m a little surprised that the links that are supposed to go on my site are from established online casino brands.
My two questions are: Why do established online casino brands need the link juice from small affiliate sites like mine and do you feel that selling links nowadays has become too risky or not? In my case we are potentially talking about a maximum of 4 deals, peanuts I guess…
Many thanks for your help and input!!
You’ll be fine selling only 4 links. Big sites need link juice just like anyone else. Personally I don’t think they pay enough but if you need some cash I say go for it.
Some tips:
add the link into NEW text. Don’t just turn a word of your existing text into a link.
make sure they pay for at least 6 months in advance. they’ll try to do a 3 month deal.@fonzi 245257 wrote:
Some tips:
add the link into NEW text. Don’t just turn a word of your existing text into a link.
make sure they pay for at least 6 months in advance. they’ll try to do a 3 month deal.Hi fonzi
Thanks for you quick response. You’re right, am not going to lie about it – they are offering a measly 30 EUR for 3 months, however, placing their link in a subpage rather than the homepage, which I would not want to do anyway. I’ll try to squeeze them for a better deal.
So, as I mentioned, they are intending to put a link on my page. Is there anything major I need to consider there? I may have used the wrong terminology stating that I am ‘selling links’. I guess it’s more like I’m selling them a ‘position’ on my site. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Thanks again
“selling a position”
Or how about an ‘administrative service fee for coding changes’
It’s the same thing and won’t fool anyone.
But such a term is better if you want to avoid ‘red flags’.And it goes to show you that links and link buying are still very much needed to be successful.
Ps – If they contacted you directly I’d view it as a ‘vote of confidence’ in your site.
I doubt only selling 4 would get you into trouble but I would still try and haggle for a better price
@Hermski 245261 wrote:
they are offering a measly 30 EUR for 3 months, however, placing their link in a subpage rather than the homepage, which I would not want to do anyway.
OUCH! Even on an inner page thats a very low price!
When determining a price I would also consider the keywords they want to use.
Thanks everyone for your input!
Really helpful. I guess it shows that unless you manage to get a reasonably good deal out of it, it’s just not worth the hassle – 30 EUR buys you two rounds at most
I’ve amended my ‘price list’ for placements considerably and threw it back at another agency that is out to strike a deal. Let’s see what happens…
