How much does a DR 40 backlink cost?

What is the full range for DR 40–49 backlink?

Ten percent ask under $51 and ten percent over $1,018. Suspect domains, excluded above, ask a median of $239; the cheap tail is not a bargain.

Which kind of placement, at what price?

What changes the price of DR 40–49 backlinks?

• Whether the authority is real. Domains our tests flag as suspect ask a median of $239 here, against $208 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 40–49 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 40+ 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": 40,
  "dr_max": 49,
  "budget_credits": 62439
}

Or say it to an agent with the MCP server connected: “Plan 3 DR 40+ backlinks at DR 40+, under $624 total, verified only.”