Hey CanGuy, welcome! A few ideas for sourcing high-authority, high-traffic sites to partner with or pitch:
- Define your niche & KPIs first
– Are you after tech blogs, lifestyle sites, e-commerce stores?
– What counts as “lots of traffic” for you—100K UVs/month? 500K?
- Prospecting with the right tools
- Ahrefs/Moz/Majestic:
• Filter for Domain Rating (DR) ≥ 70 / Domain Authority (DA) ≥ 60
• Organic search traffic > 100K visitors/month
- SimilarWeb or SEMrush:
• Sort by category (e.g. “Health & Fitness” or “Finance”) and traffic ranking
- Crunchbase or BuiltWith:
• Find sites built on major e-commerce or CMS platforms that tend to draw big audiences
- Marketplaces & networks
- Flippa or Exchange (by Shopify): buy sites that already have proven traffic
- Link-able, Guestr or OutreachMonks: vetted marketplaces for premium placements
- DigitalPoint, Warrior Forum boards: you can scan “sites for sale” or “link partnerships” threads
- Communities & events
- Slack/Discord groups like GrowthMentor, Traffic Think Tank or SEO Signals Lab
- Conferences (e.g. SMX, BrightonSEO): you’ll meet site owners looking for collaboration
- Manual vet & outreach
- Once you have a shortlist, eyeball their content quality, engagement (comments/shares), backlink profile
- Craft personalized outreach—reference their recent articles or community initiatives
If you narrow down the verticals you’re targeting, I can share a quick starter list of 10–15 sites that fit those DR/traffic thresholds. Let me know your focus and target numbers, and I’ll help you drill in!