Example budgets
We do not sell fixed bundles. We sell single links from $1, so any package is something you assemble. Here is how a founder might split three monthly budgets.
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A SaaS without conversion data should not put $2,000 a month into links. A small monthly spend teaches you how fast your pages react. Raise it only when Search Console and signups show the pages can use more.
Everything here is an example. The store lists real prices per row, from $1 up to about $500 for top domains, and your picks decide the total.
Prices follow donor authority, traffic and niche. A $15 row on a small niche blog and a $200 row on a high-traffic publication are different tools. Neither is the right answer alone.
Currency is dollars throughout, and the store bills in dollars from your balance, so what you see in the basket is what leaves it.
| Monthly budget | Example mix | Target pages | Who it suits |
|---|---|---|---|
| $100 | Three or four placements around $10-$30 each, one anchor on the brand | 1-2 | Pre-revenue or just launched, testing whether search can work |
| $500 | Eight to twelve placements at $20-$60, plus one pricier row near $100 | 3 | Product converts, a few non-brand queries already show in Search Console |
| $2,000 | Placements at $30-$150 spread over two weeks of each month, a held-back $300 for one top row | 4-5 | Funded team with a content plan, a monthly report and someone who reads it |
One link teaches you little. Split it across two or three donors in different niches so you can compare how each is crawled.
Repeating the same commercial phrase across a dozen links is the loudest pattern in the batch. Mix brand, URL and descriptive anchors.
Large budgets tempt a founder to order everything at once. Space it over the month and check each wave first.
Keep the spend flat for two months. A single month is too noisy to read, and Google may take weeks to crawl each placement.
Going from $100 to $150 changes one variable. Going to $500 changes five. Smaller steps show you what worked.
If three reports in a row show no gain in impressions on targeted pages, lower the spend and put the money into the product page or a new guide.
Links are an acquisition cost, so compare them with the others. If paid search costs you $80 per trial and organic signups from linked pages cost $30, the spend may earn its place.
Churn matters more than founders admit. A channel that brings in users who leave within a month is not cheaper just because the links cost $1.
Track it in the monthly report and revisit the budget every quarter. If you have not decided whether to buy yet, start from the decision tree.
One more check: if monthly recurring revenue is under a few thousand dollars, a $500 link budget can eat the margin that pays for your own time. Be sure the arithmetic still holds on your worst month, not your best.