How do I price a link?

I'm getting inquiries to buy links on my b1231.com game sites.

Is there a going rate?

 

I'd suggest you go by your own feelings, if your site has an high PR, (just verified and I see it's at 3, it's pretty good) you can of course ask for an higher price.

Do you have an idea of your stats? I mean how much visitors and uniques you get a day?

For a PR3, I'd start at 10-15$.

 

I never understand people who pay for links; there are always sites out there with good PR where you get links for free or just for exchange.

Stephan

 

Go to text-link-ads dot com and see what comparable links are selling for and then you will get a good idea of what your link is worth.

Hope this helps

Mike

 

The site the link would be on is PR5 - www.bethecoachbasketball.com

This link price calculator says $30 a month.
www.seochat.com/seo-tools/link-price/

I've read that Google can penalize you for selling links. How would they tell a paid link from a regular link?

 

If it's a PR5, than yes, 30$ is reasonable (and you could actually bargain to get more).

And your second point is a myth that hasn't really been proven. You have to limit the selling space on your site: if half of your page is links, than you can be penalized.

 

One way they would be able to tell is by reading this thread=). I wouldn't publish the website you are linking from, just tell people via email.

 

great info !

 

Go buy uniqe traffic to your site I would suggest 1000 visitors a month = $1.00 a month.

 

that makes sense to me too. i can understand why google wouldn't want to send people to link farms. but a paid link is really the same as an advertisement and they aren't against all advertising. gotta keep it within reason.

 

Usually $15-$20. But it depends on ur traffic stats. I noticed a newspaper site having PR3 but gets 300k+ hits a day, charged $200 per link.

 

I agree, I think it all depends on the traffic.
Traffic is king...

 

These days, people hardly care for traffic to ascertain their link price.

It appears to me that PR is the main criteria for majority of the link deals done here.
I have seen many a blogs/sites where traffic is very insignificant, getting good price based on just PR !

Regards,

RightMan

 

I believe that the price varies greatly according to the PR, but of course that traffic and low rates of rejection are important too.

 

links are always sold for pr. However if there is traffic then seller must tell this beforehand and may price it accordingly.