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PBN Q&A: Ask me anything about how I build, manage (and rank with) PBNsNote: My experience managing a PBN is minimal, but my experience managing Wordpress sites, BHW sellers, dealing with building budgets, researching cost compared to time spent, workplace efficiency and such is far higher. For a full breakdown of creating a PBN, I suggest @lightningblitz's thread https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/how-to-build-your-own-pbn-a-quick-guide-for-newbies.813358/, or the resources at the bottom of the thread.
Got $500 initial startup and want to start a PBN, but have no clue where to start, how to find expired domains, how to set up hosting, how to avoid footprints, etc? Have the startup funds but don't have the time to learn, execute, and go? I set up a ten site niche PBN in under 24 hours using the below, nothing is stopping you from doing the same. So here is the breakdown:
OBTAINING EXPIRED DOMAINS (RESEARCH)
Go to https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/nargils-expired-premium-pbn-domains-tf-da-referring-domains-based.833397/. Please note, I have no affiliation with @Nargil, I only PM'ed him for the first time last week, and he has no idea I'm making this thread. Get ten domains, averaging $10 each. Whether that's ten TF9+, five TF5+ and five TF14+ or whatever, just get ten of them. Use the 20% off coupon for bulk orders and you're looking at a total of $80. I suggest using the spreadsheet provided to grab domains that are in similar categories.
Total Cost: $80
OBTAINING EXPIRED DOMAINS (PURCHASING)
Now go to Namecheap. Purchase those ten domains. I chose Namecheap because you get free WhoIs for a year, no questions asked. I used whatever 10% off coupon they had at the time, and the total cost for all ten domains (most were dot-com, a couple were dot-net) was around $100, give or take a couple. Leave them be for now regarding nameservers and the like.
Total Cost: $180
HOSTING YOUR DOMAINS
I didn't want to screw around with new hosting accounts and all that junk, I just wanted to set it and forget it. I used @Nerevar's https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/easy-blog-networks-1-click-pbn-hosting-autopilot-maintenance-2-blog-approved.735693/ for this. Again, I have no affiliation, and I didn't even know he was a BHW seller until after I bought the service from the website outside BHW. Ten domains is $35 to host per month, $7 initially for the first seven days. For the sake of rounding, I'm considering the initial seven days and first month together as $40 for this. Get an account and follow the prompts. Literally all you have to do is tell it your domains, put in a few other things, and change your nameservers. They host on several different hosting providers and are built for PBN's.
Total Cost: $220
CONTENT CREATION
For this I'd suggest @BlogPro and his Monthly Blogging package on his https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/blogpros-ultra-high-quality-content-website-content-monthly-blogging-kindle-books-erotica.851891/. Again, no affiliation, and I've used his services on multiple occasions on the small and large scale. In my opinion, as far as content sellers with sales threads on BHW are concerned, he has the best quality per dollar spent by far. I'd suggest for a ten site PBN using the $235 per month package for 700+ words, and request articles between 500 and 1000 words, at an average of 700 words. This is 25 articles per month, so five of your domains can get two posts a month, and the other five can get three. It's as hands-off as it gets as well. Content, images, SEO, etc. And if his 20% off offer is still valid you can get the first month for around $190.
Total Cost: $410
REMAINING MONEY
Spend the remaining $90 on plugins, themes, etc that will help set your sites apart from one another. Pop an SSL on a couple domains ($9 per year on Namecheap). Buy a few logos on Fiverr for a few of the sites. Remember, the $500 is startup, and for the domains it covers a year, hosting and content creation it covers a full month of service. What happens after that is up to you.
There are threads out there for starting a PBN for cheaper, but this will get you started with high quality work. You can do the research and writing yourself, find a few cheap hosts, and grab some cheap-ass domain codes and build the above for $200 or less. But I value the time I would put into doing all of the above (probably 30 hours total for starting, setup, writing 25 articles, posting and SEO) at far more than $16 an hour, and I love the thought of set-it-and-forget-it ownership.
CONCLUSION AND RESOURCES
I'm sure there is plenty I'm forgetting here, and I didn't touch on security and making sure your PBN doesn't get deindexed, etc. There are plenty of other resources for you here on that topic. Here are some:
SH
Got $500 initial startup and want to start a PBN, but have no clue where to start, how to find expired domains, how to set up hosting, how to avoid footprints, etc? Have the startup funds but don't have the time to learn, execute, and go? I set up a ten site niche PBN in under 24 hours using the below, nothing is stopping you from doing the same. So here is the breakdown:
OBTAINING EXPIRED DOMAINS (RESEARCH)
Go to https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/nargils-expired-premium-pbn-domains-tf-da-referring-domains-based.833397/. Please note, I have no affiliation with @Nargil, I only PM'ed him for the first time last week, and he has no idea I'm making this thread. Get ten domains, averaging $10 each. Whether that's ten TF9+, five TF5+ and five TF14+ or whatever, just get ten of them. Use the 20% off coupon for bulk orders and you're looking at a total of $80. I suggest using the spreadsheet provided to grab domains that are in similar categories.
Total Cost: $80
OBTAINING EXPIRED DOMAINS (PURCHASING)
Now go to Namecheap. Purchase those ten domains. I chose Namecheap because you get free WhoIs for a year, no questions asked. I used whatever 10% off coupon they had at the time, and the total cost for all ten domains (most were dot-com, a couple were dot-net) was around $100, give or take a couple. Leave them be for now regarding nameservers and the like.
Total Cost: $180
HOSTING YOUR DOMAINS
I didn't want to screw around with new hosting accounts and all that junk, I just wanted to set it and forget it. I used @Nerevar's https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/easy-blog-networks-1-click-pbn-hosting-autopilot-maintenance-2-blog-approved.735693/ for this. Again, I have no affiliation, and I didn't even know he was a BHW seller until after I bought the service from the website outside BHW. Ten domains is $35 to host per month, $7 initially for the first seven days. For the sake of rounding, I'm considering the initial seven days and first month together as $40 for this. Get an account and follow the prompts. Literally all you have to do is tell it your domains, put in a few other things, and change your nameservers. They host on several different hosting providers and are built for PBN's.
Total Cost: $220
CONTENT CREATION
For this I'd suggest @BlogPro and his Monthly Blogging package on his https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/blogpros-ultra-high-quality-content-website-content-monthly-blogging-kindle-books-erotica.851891/. Again, no affiliation, and I've used his services on multiple occasions on the small and large scale. In my opinion, as far as content sellers with sales threads on BHW are concerned, he has the best quality per dollar spent by far. I'd suggest for a ten site PBN using the $235 per month package for 700+ words, and request articles between 500 and 1000 words, at an average of 700 words. This is 25 articles per month, so five of your domains can get two posts a month, and the other five can get three. It's as hands-off as it gets as well. Content, images, SEO, etc. And if his 20% off offer is still valid you can get the first month for around $190.
Total Cost: $410
REMAINING MONEY
Spend the remaining $90 on plugins, themes, etc that will help set your sites apart from one another. Pop an SSL on a couple domains ($9 per year on Namecheap). Buy a few logos on Fiverr for a few of the sites. Remember, the $500 is startup, and for the domains it covers a year, hosting and content creation it covers a full month of service. What happens after that is up to you.
There are threads out there for starting a PBN for cheaper, but this will get you started with high quality work. You can do the research and writing yourself, find a few cheap hosts, and grab some cheap-ass domain codes and build the above for $200 or less. But I value the time I would put into doing all of the above (probably 30 hours total for starting, setup, writing 25 articles, posting and SEO) at far more than $16 an hour, and I love the thought of set-it-and-forget-it ownership.
CONCLUSION AND RESOURCES
I'm sure there is plenty I'm forgetting here, and I didn't touch on security and making sure your PBN doesn't get deindexed, etc. There are plenty of other resources for you here on that topic. Here are some:
- @lightningblitz: Jan 2016: https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/how-to-build-your-own-pbn-a-quick-guide-for-newbies.813358/
- @Nick Flame: Jun 2014: https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/how-to-build-your-own-pbn-for-under-275-15-domains.678925/
- @CRT: Oct 2016: https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/a-step-by-step-guide-to-building-your-own-pbn-2016.885179/
- @Final Infinity: Sep 2014: https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/complete-guide-to-building-a-pbn.701008/
- @alexthepbndude: Aug 2014: https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/pbn-q-a-ask-me-anything-about-how-i-build-manage-and-rank-with-pbns.697565/
- @t0mmy: https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/tips-on-creating-your-very-own-pbn-the-right-way-that-stays-under-the-radar.799231/
SH
