Order walkthrough
Sell text links: your first placement from order to payout
A first sale feels bigger than it is. Seven steps cover it, and each one has a single question you should be able to answer before moving on.
Seven steps, one question each
Create the account
Register at Create account. Question: is this the email you will actually watch?
Add the site
Enter the domain, language and niche. Question: would a stranger describe your blog the way you labelled it?
Wait for an order
Buyers browse and filter by Domain Rating, traffic, referring domains, niche, language and price. Question: have you written down your refusal topics?
Review the brief
Read the target page, the anchor and the draft. Question: would you publish this without the link?
Approve or decline
Nothing goes live without you. Question: are you saying yes for the money or for the fit?
Check the live page, then wait for payout
Open the published article and confirm one clean link. Earnings are paid weekly.
What the buyer sees, and why it affects you
A buyer arrives with a filter, not a conversation. They choose a niche, a language and a budget, and your row either survives the filter or it does not.
That is why the niche label matters more than the adjectives in your description. A site tagged narrowly, such as beekeeping rather than lifestyle, is found by the people who will write relevant briefs.
Buyers choose among three content modes: automatic, where they supply a target URL and keyword, their own instructions, or a finished article. Reading time varies. A finished article is quick to review, while an automatic draft deserves your full attention.
A sewing blog lists at $12. An order arrives for a fabric-supplier page with a brand anchor. The owner reads the draft, asks for one paragraph about fibre care to be added, approves it and sees it live a day later. Everything here is hypothetical.
Saying no politely, and saying yes quickly
Speed counts too. Buyers wait for orders that move, and an order left pending for a week teaches them not to come back.
Pick a response window you can keep, for example 48 hours, and stick to it. A declined order that is answered the same day is worth more to your reputation than an approved one that sat idle.
When you decline, skip the lecture. A short note on why is plenty, and the red-flag list gives you the reasons in tidy form.
Small questions that come up on day one
- Can I change my price after listing?
- Yes, the price is yours to set. Change it when your traffic changes or when orders are too frequent or too rare. Move it gradually and keep a note of the date, so you can compare orders before and after each change.
- What does a buyer pay at checkout?
- Buyers pay per link at the price shown, between $1 and about $500 depending on the donor domain, using their dashboard balance. We do not describe fee splits here, so check your account if you need exact terms.
- How long until the placement is live?
- Once an order is paid and you approve it, placements usually go live within about 24 hours. Delays are most often caused by a draft waiting on your review, so a quick answer helps everyone involved.
- What if I want to remove a link later?
- Placements are sold as permanent, so decide before approval, not after. If a real problem appears, such as a target page that changed into something unsafe, report it through your account and explain what you found.