[Guide] How to Buy Services That Don't Suck

[ThopHayt]

One last piece(s) of advice I'd like to drop is this... you always need to strive for the best quality links you can buy for your budget when you are money site link shopping. If you have $50, look for the BEST links that can get you... not the most links that can get you. If you have a $1,200 budget... get the BEST links that money can get. People make this mistake more as their budget goes UP ironically in my experience. If you have several hundred dollars to spend, you tend to think "wow, this can get me like 10x the best links I bought for my last $200 campaign!" without realizing that that money might be able to buy you into one or two REALLY rare links instead.

-ThopHayt

 

[BassTrackerBoats]

Not meaning to attack or anyone,
What do you have to say about people claiming things on their sales thread that aren't actually true? Is it okay to have that?

btw, I'm not attacking you or anything, I'm just asking a question

I don't think you are attacking and I've seen enough of your posts to know that is not your nature.

I'm not a marketplace moderator so I don't get hands on involved with things there.

If you think a BST is not offering what they advertise please report it and an Admin/Marketplace Mod will manage that.

It is not appropriate for me to be involved in those situations 98.4% of the time.

 

[Gromit]

I think the biggest problem (judging from many of the "I have a client" type threads) is that people tend to start with off-page SEO, rather than tackling the on-page stuff first.

The marketplace isn't some magical place that will rank your sites to page 1 overnight with minimal effort. If that's what you want, you're better off looking at PPC instead.

 

[pelletizing]

Good general rules but they may not be applicable in all cases.

 

[Unreliable Witness]

+1 for checking who else has been using the service.

Also, you have to place the service in context with the work you are doing. I've just bought a comments package. I wouldn't usually use such a package, except that I need to diversify a client's anchor text profile, and nofollow comments from niche relevant blogs are one way of achieving this when there aren't many other options. I think many people might buy a service (any type, not just a comments one) and have very different expectations to another buyer who has reviewed it as good.

In short, check the context of how the service has been used, as well as who has used it.

 

[turdface]

Additionally, permanent links are a scam 100% of the time because it's not a sustainable business model. In case you think that thread is too long to read, I will explain it in one sentence, permanent links will either 1) eventually be oversold thus rendering the site a linkfarm and you get penalized, or 2) go offline because the individual isn't selling links on it any more and isn't going to keep paying for the server if the site isn't making money continually.

 

[William702]

Great thread OP, really enjoyed reading it and as a general rule of thumb all the points you made are on the money. I'm sure we all realize there will be exceptions to these rules in some cases but as a philosophy for buying on sites like fiverr and other marketplaces like the one here it's great advice.

Thank you for taking the time to write it.

 

[pollaris75]

well, In 2016 I purchased from 6 sellers.
from 1 to 10$ per post. even got review samples for I think 20$ per post.
nearly all of them failed my expectations.
see? and thats marketing.

I can totally agree with you. Bought some packages with mixed $ per post and the results where from nothing to worse in terms of rankings.. And these package where from reputable members here.

I guess you have to do everything yourself these days.

 

[selembar]

Is there any standard rate tables for each service?

 

[docboy]

Are there any link building services that:
1) Don't suck (ie not spammy)
2) That really do improve SERP on Google?

 

[darulez]

Are there any link building services that:
1) Don't suck (ie not spammy)
2) That really do improve SERP on Google?

well, from the idea of it I like wolfs network, some outreach/REAL guestpost services and scholarship links

 

[darulez]

One last piece(s) of advice I'd like to drop is this... you always need to strive for the best quality links you can buy for your budget when you are money site link shopping. If you have $50, look for the BEST links that can get you... not the most links that can get you. If you have a $1,200 budget... get the BEST links that money can get. People make this mistake more as their budget goes UP ironically in my experience. If you have several hundred dollars to spend, you tend to think "wow, this can get me like 10x the best links I bought for my last $200 campaign!" without realizing that that money might be able to buy you into one or two REALLY rare links instead.

-ThopHayt

if you only ot 50$, spend that on some ahrefs trial or at cheapest moz , and be amazing what competition you are up to.
there is and never have been any "budget" linkbuilding, when you got competition.

so, before doing anything or buying anything, check your competition. if you c ant do that, many here would do it freely.

 

[darulez]

I think the biggest problem (judging from many of the "I have a client" type threads) is that people tend to start with off-page SEO, rather than tackling the on-page stuff first.

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sadly, if that part done first and correctly to a client, there would not have been many "I have a client.. threads", as the tyrekickers would have been fended off to buying rubbish fiverr quality.

 

[SEO FOX]

Nice guide to read