Hi, I was wondering if any SEO experts every do work on straight commission? For Example I have a new site to sell IT equipment, no ranking to speak of. Site sells similar product to superwarehouse . com We have a 40k items on the site with pics. If not on commission, what would they charge to get the site ranking well in google and yahoo. All of the optimization of pages is dynamic so very little time will have to be put into that. ???
At times. I have and continue at times to work on commission. But I usually become half partner or 75% owner of the site in such a deal. You would think that this way the seo would be good but not always. You still got to be careful.
Of being ripped off. Some of them are pretty crafty and can appear to be getting nothing while getting everything or destroying your reputation.
Yes, certain qualified SEO do this but this requires a great level of trust between both the parties involved and I don't think a good SEO would straight away start with a revenue share arrangement unless a mutual trust is there (for years or at least some months) and you can always start an affiliate program, if you are looking to pay only commissions. some SEO's do work with a mix of both, though - part fixed payment and part on commission basis.
you can start out with payment on a non-commission basis and change as trust builds up and revenues do too. PM me details of what you're looking for and the budget.
Well it seems like if you pay in the beginning and sales build you will keep paying rather than cut a SEO in on the profits... ??