Guest post marketplace: find sites by DR, DA, traffic and price

Compare live DR and price bands

asking prices from supplied listings, not transaction prices. Counts refer to active supplied listings, not verified publishers. Price bands do not overlap: the middle band includes $100 and excludes $300.

What a guest post marketplace is and when it beats DIY outreach

A marketplace puts supplied publication details into a common format so you can compare options before contacting anyone. Instead of collecting unrelated rate cards, you can review topic, listing country, language, authority metrics and placement price together. This helps when you already know the audience you need and want a manageable set of candidates for a quote.

DIY outreach starts from finding an editor and earning a response to an individual idea. It can suit a highly specialised story, an existing relationship or an unpaid editorial contribution. Marketplace browsing can reduce the work of building an initial comparison, but it does not replace reading the publication, checking a current offer or agreeing editorial terms. Treat every listing as a research lead. A listed domain is not proof of publisher authorization, and a supplied price is not an accepted order.

How to pick a band for your goal

For referral traffic, begin with relevance and the destination page. Find publications whose recent articles answer the same questions as your intended readers. Ask for dated audience information for the proposed section, including reader geography and acquisition sources. A large whole-domain estimate can conceal a small or unrelated section. Choose a price band that leaves room to produce a useful article and evaluate the visits it actually sends.

For brand mentions, examine the context in which your name will appear. A practical contribution beside credible coverage may be more useful than a high-scoring domain with no relevant readers. Agree the byline, sponsorship label, product-reference policy and publication section. The article should make sense to a reader who never follows the link.

For link research, DR and DA bands let you compare sites with broadly similar supplied scores. Check recent articles and outbound links rather than interpreting a band as approval. Record the metric provider and observation date, and investigate sudden changes. Paid placements need appropriate link qualification; a higher band does not purchase ranking credit. Start with the audience requirement, then narrow the price and metric ranges until you have candidates worth reviewing.

How to read DA, DR and traffic without being misled

DA and DR are different providers' estimates of a domain's link profile. They are not interchangeable scores and neither establishes the quality of a specific article. Compare the same metric across similar publications, then read recent content to understand editorial focus. A high score beside unrelated coverage is a reason to investigate, not a reason to skip review.

Traffic estimates have their own scope and measurement limits. Ask whether a value represents organic search visits, all visits or another measure, and whether it describes the whole domain. A missing figure remains unknown; it is not zero. Invalid import values are hidden. The listing update date records a catalogue change, not an independent audience audit. Request the measurement source and date when readership is central to your decision.

Understand DA, DR and traffic estimates

Build a shortlist an agency can review

Write the campaign's intended reader, useful article angle, target country and total budget before opening filters. Keep a brief note beside each candidate explaining why that audience would care. An agency can use the same fields across clients while keeping each client's topic, disclosures and destination separate. Do not reuse an article pitch solely because the sites share a category.

Compare up to four publications at a time in the marketplace. Inspect recent posts, sample sponsored content, author information and editorial requirements. Ask whether the quoted placement is a new article, an addition to an existing page or another format. Keep unknown writing and revision costs visible until they are confirmed. Remove a candidate if the seller cannot explain the exact section or provide sample articles. A shorter, well-supported shortlist is easier to approve than a large export ordered only by DR.

Browse and compare the active catalogue

Use the publisher evaluation checklist

Cheap guest posting sites and the full budget

A low placement price can help you explore a relevant niche, but it cannot answer whether the audience fits or an article will be accepted. Review the publication with the same care at every price. Budget for research, writing, fact-checking, images, revisions and coordination as well as placement. A missing charge is an unanswered question, not a free inclusion.

The band counts and medians above are calculated from the catalogue when this page is requested. Counts describe listings rather than unique verified publishers. Boundary labels tell you which prices are included, so you can compare adjacent bands without counting a placement twice. Request a current quote before committing work; a median is a comparison point, not the price of your proposed article.

Compare guest post price distributions

Paid placements and link attributes

Google's guidance asks publishers to qualify paid links with rel="sponsored"; rel="nofollow" is also acceptable. Agree that qualification and a clear sponsorship label before commissioning the article. The reader-facing label and the HTML link attribute serve different purposes, so check both rather than assuming one provides the other.

Plan paid guest posting around relevant audience and brand reach. Do not treat a supplied dofollow field as a promise of search benefit, indexing or rankings. Your brief should record the intended resource, natural anchor text and disclosure requirements. If the offer depends on concealing payment or selling ranking credit, reconsider the placement.

Read Google's paid-link guidance

Follow the placement inquiry process