MARKET STUDY
August 2026

We analyzed 113,247 sites

across netlinking platforms. The numbers speak for themselves.

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THE FINDING

Most of the market is invisible.

Their median price: EUR 58 per article. Few platforms list them, few advertisers find them. They survive at the bottom without ever breaking through.

Do you want to race against 12,000 sites, or just 1,300?

these sites are drowning in the crowd

Hover each band for the detail

91%
TF < 35
10,335sites crossed TF 35
Below: 102,414 competitors. Above: only 10,335.
60%
DA < 30
44,864sites crossed DA 30
Below: 68,314 competitors. Above: only 44,864.
77%
DR < 30
25,922sites crossed DR 30
Below: 86,799 competitors. Above: only 25,922.
48%
RD < 100
58,743sites crossed 100 RD
Below: 54,504 competitors. Above: only 58,743.
WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE

4 metrics. One simple lever to optimize.

Median article price per metric. Median values across 113,247 sites.

TF 0-14
EUR 58—
TF 15-24
EUR 76x1.3
TF 25-34
EUR 87x1.5
TF 35-44
EUR 95x1.6
TF 45+
EUR 334x5.8
TF
TRUST FLOW
DA 0-19
EUR 48—
DA 20-29
EUR 87x1.8
DA 30-39
EUR 116x2.4
DA 40-49
EUR 125x2.6
DA 50+
EUR 84x1.8
DA
DOMAIN AUTHORITY
DR 0-29
EUR 60—
DR 30-49
EUR 140x2.3
DR 50+
EUR 266x4.4
DR
DOMAIN RATING
RD 0-99
EUR 48—
RD 100-199
EUR 74x1.5
RD 200-499
EUR 119x2.5
RD 500+
EUR 291x6.1
RD
REFERRING DOMAINS
BEYOND THE METRICS

Traffic and ranking keywords weigh just as much on the price.

ORGANIC TRAFFIC
0
47,218EUR 42
1-99
18,184EUR 78
100-999
9,605EUR 142
1k-10k
8,079EUR 232
10k+
5,131EUR 445
RANKING KEYWORDS
0
41,905EUR 41
1-99
29,404EUR 80
100-999
11,523EUR 198
1k-10k
5,149EUR 384
10k+
1,056EUR 926
POSITIONS — RANKING KEYWORDS
No ranking keyword ≈ EUR 46. 200+ in top 3 ≈ EUR 422 (x9.2).
TOP 3
0EUR 46
1-9EUR 98
10-49EUR 172
50-199EUR 230
200+EUR 422
TOP 10
0EUR 43
1-9EUR 68
10-49EUR 110
50-199EUR 174
200+EUR 312
TOP 20
0EUR 42
1-9EUR 62
10-49EUR 102
50-199EUR 163
200+EUR 299
TOP 50
0EUR 40
1-9EUR 54
10-49EUR 89
50-199EUR 149
200+EUR 284
THE TARGET

Reach these levels, leave the market behind.

x4.6
Google NewsA press label multiplies the median price of an article.
EUR 310withvsEUR 68without(8,472 sites)

Each tier puts you at the top of the French market. The higher you go, the less competition you face.

TF 35
Top 9.2%
91%
x1.7
EUR 72 → 122
of sites fall behind you
Median price at this threshold
DA 40-49
Top 40%
60%
x2.6
EUR 48 → 125
of sites fall behind you
DA sweet spot sits between 40 and 49
DR 50
Top 23%
77%
x4.4
EUR 60 → 266
of sites fall behind you
Median price at this threshold
200+ RD
Top 52%
48%
x2.5
EUR 48 → 119
of sites fall behind you
At 500+ RD: x6.1 (EUR 291)
FIND YOUR PRICE

How much can you sell your articles for?

Enter your domain. We compare your metrics against 113,247 analyzed sites.

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THE STORY

Why this study.

— Mathieu, founder of LinkQuiver

We wanted to answer a simple question: do SEO metrics really influence article selling prices?

We scraped 113,247 sites listed on the main netlinking platforms. For each site, we cross-referenced TF, DA, DR, Referring Domains, organic traffic, ranking keywords, and the average sponsored article price.

The results were sharper than we expected. RDs alone are not enough.

METHODOLOGY

How we measured.

SAMPLE
113,247 sites active on netlinking platforms
PERIOD
Data collected in August 2026
METRIC SOURCES
Majestic (TF, RD), Moz (DA), Ahrefs (DR)
PRICE SOURCES
37 aggregated platforms
STATISTICS
Medians (not means). Insensitive to extremes, more representative of the real market.
LIMITATIONS
Does not measure actual sales volume, only displayed platform prices.