pricing · DR 20–29
How much does a DR 20 backlink cost?
The median DR 20–29 backlink costs $161 across 52,118 publishers; half of asks fall between $74 and $306. That is 8% above the median for any placement ($150).
Buyer prices through Placement API, cheapest seller per domain, suspect domains excluded. Refreshed hourly; measured 2026-10-24.
How these prices are measured ↗Cheapest seller per domain. Suspect domains excluded.
What is the full range for DR 20–29 backlink?
Ten percent ask under $48 and ten percent over $567. Suspect domains, excluded above, ask a median of $185; the cheap tail is not a bargain.
Which kind of placement, at what price?
| placement type | publishers | 25th pct | median | 75th pct | suspect median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| guest post | 29,298 | $72 | $166 | $323 | $211 |
| niche edit | 8,965 | $83 | $110 | $185 | $114 |
| link insertion | 9,273 | $51 | $96 | $229 | $173 |
| homepage link | 4,582 | $214 | $408 | $567 | $513 |
What changes the price of DR 20–29 backlinks?
- Whether the authority is real. Domains our tests flag as suspect ask a median of $185 here, against $161 on the rest. The cheap end of any band is where bought authority lives; see the five tests.
- Which seller you buy through. The same placement on the same domain is often sold by several marketplaces at different prices; the median gap is on the market report. These figures use the cheapest.
- Saturation. Publishers that link out to far more domains than link in charge more, not less, in almost every topic; see finding 07.
- Turnaround. The median promised turnaround for DR 20–29 backlinks is 5 days; faster sellers of the same domain usually ask more.
- Who writes the article. Guest-post prices usually include the publisher writing; supplying your own copy rarely lowers the price, and some publishers charge to review it.
How do I buy DR 20+ backlinks at these prices?
These are the prices the API quotes. The same brief returns held offers, named domains each with its verification, survival record and score, for four hours:
POST https://api.placementapi.com/v1/quote
Authorization: Bearer pk_live_…
{
"links": 3,
"strategy": "safest",
"verified_only": true,
"dr_min": 20,
"dr_max": 29,
"budget_credits": 48315
}Or say it to an agent with the MCP server connected: “Plan 3 DR 20+ backlinks at DR 20+, under $483 total, verified only.”
36 published figures on this page, measured 2026-10-24. Dotted numbers carry their sample size on hover. Methods: pricing methodology, data sources, quality methodology.