Transparent Link Building Pricing
Link building pricing: what you actually pay.
A transparent price guide: what link building costs, why bulk packages produce junk and how to budget properly instead.
- Published prices, no hidden margins
- Cost per ranking, not cost per link
- An honest warning on buying backlinks
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Most link building packages are priced on volume, not results.We do the math out loud: what a link costs and what it returns.This page is that math, published.
Most link building packages are priced on volume, not results. We do the math out loud: what a link costs and what it returns. This page is that math, published.
Link building pricing ranges from EUR 50 for a network link to EUR 25,000 per month for a serious editorial program. The difference comes down to three things: volume, how competitive your market is and how much content has to be made. On this page we publish our prices: editorial link building runs EUR 5,000 to EUR 25,000 per month, a placement on a top-tier publication has an all-in cost of EUR 400 to 1,500, and links sold as 'high authority' below EUR 200 are network spam. No fixed packages, just a custom proposal after a free SEO audit.
See link building case resultsHow LASEO prices a link building proposal
How a LASEO link building proposal comes together
Five steps from free audit to custom proposal. You see every price line before you sign, and every quarter we adjust the budget based on results.
- 01
Free backlink audit and baseline (week 1)
We audit your backlinks with Ahrefs, compare the sites linking to you with those of your top three competitors and set the baseline: where you stand, what is missing and which links could harm you. Free and without obligation. You get an audit report with an overview of the links you are missing.
- 02
What the missing links are worth (weeks 1-2)
We translate the gap into money: which pages that drive revenue lack authority, which rankings are within reach and what traffic sits behind them. So you know what the links should return before we talk price. You get a priority list with the estimated value per topic.
- 03
Scope and budget (week 2)
We plan the program: placements per month, the mix of content to create and how much outreach your market needs. That produces a monthly budget within the EUR 5,000 to EUR 25,000 range, explained line by line. You get a budget model with the cost of each part.
- 04
Custom proposal, line by line (weeks 2-3)
You receive a proposal in which every euro is traceable: content, outreach hours, reporting. No package tiers, no hidden margin on resold links. You can question every line before you sign. You get a proposal with the full price breakdown and what we deliver each month.
- 05
Quarterly budget review on results (ongoing)
Every quarter we put cost next to outcome: placements, the authority of the linking sites, ranking changes per topic. If a topic does not move, the budget shifts. You keep paying for what works. You get a quarterly report with the cost per result.
Not the price per link,but the price per ranking.
A link package vendor charges EUR 150 per link and calls it cheap. We calculate differently. Add up what a placement really costs once you include content creation, outreach time and relationship maintenance: EUR 400 to 1,500 for a placement on a top-tier publication. Then divide your total investment by the rankings and organic traffic the links produce. Ten real editorial links that push a key revenue page to position three are cheaper than two hundred network links that move nothing. That is the only price comparison that matters.
What link building pricing really means in 2026
Link building costs, explained without the sales pitch
The price of a link means nothing without asking what the link is. An editorial placement given freely by a real editor has a different cost structure than a placement sold by a network owner. Comparing link building packages on price per link is comparing apples to spam.
What an editorial link really costs
A placement on a top-tier publication has an all-in cost of EUR 400 to 1,500: the content that earns it, the outreach time to pitch an editor by name, and the relationship maintenance that makes the next placement possible. That is the real unit price of honest link building, and the benchmark every other offer should be measured against.
Why links below EUR 200 are network spam
A 'high DA link' (sold on a high authority score) for EUR 99 cannot include content, outreach time and relationship work, because those already cost more combined. What remains is a placement on a site that exists to sell links. A typical link from a private blog network costs EUR 50 to EUR 200 and passes almost no authority once Google spots the network pattern.
Buying backlinks and Google's spam policies
Paid links that pass on ranking value (what Google calls PageRank) have been an explicit violation of Google's spam policies for over a decade. When a network gets caught, the links stop counting, placements disappear once the owner stops paying for hosting, and you risk a manual penalty from Google. You are paying for something that can actively start working against you.
Why fixed packages produce junk
A tier of 25 links for EUR 1,000 forces the vendor into placements of a few tens of euros each, otherwise there is no margin. Quality is mathematically impossible in that model, regardless of what the sales page promises. Fixed bulk packages and editorial quality exclude each other.
Cost per link versus cost per ranking
The right question is not what a link costs but what a ranking costs. Divide your total investment by the ranking and traffic gains per topic. Ten editorial links that move a key revenue page beat two hundred network links that do nothing, even at twenty times the unit price.
What the Dutch market charges
In the Dutch market freelance SEO specialists typically charge EUR 75 to 125 per hour and monthly agency fees run from EUR 1,500 to 10,000+ per month depending on scope. Serious editorial link building sits at EUR 5,000 to EUR 25,000 per month. LASEO does not work with standard rates but with a custom proposal after a free SEO audit.
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Link package vendor vs LASEO
Link building packages compared honestly
Cheap and expensive mean nothing until you know what you are buying. Here is the difference, line by line.
Fixed tiers, invisible placements
- Fixed tiers: 10 links for EUR 500, 25 for EUR 1,000. The same package for every client, regardless of which links you are missing.
- Margin for the vendor and a few tens of euros for a placement on a resold blog.
- Sites with a high authority score that exist to sell links, often below EUR 200 per placement: network spam.
- Paid links break Google's rules. When the network gets caught, the links evaporate and a manual penalty looms.
- Price per link. Two hundred links that move no ranking are still wasted money.
- The network owner can revoke placements. Often you lose 60-80 percent within 90 days.
Custom proposal, a price you can check line by line
- Custom proposal after a free SEO audit, within the market range of EUR 5,000 to EUR 25,000 per month for editorial work.
- Content creation, outreach by name and relationship maintenance: the all-in cost of EUR 400 to 1,500 per placement on a top-tier publication.
- Editorial placements on real publications, placed by an editor making a real decision.
- No exposure to breaking Google's spam rules. Every placement defensible to a Google reviewer.
- Price per ranking. Budget tied to ranking and traffic gains per topic, reviewed every quarter.
- Editorial links stay live unless the publication takes the article down. The content and the playbook are yours.
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Link building campaigns that paid back their cost many times over
What our link building clients say
Editorial link building in their own words
LASEO builds links you do not have to hide from your brand. No guest-post farms, real tier-A PR coverage with sensible anchor distribution.
For a premium brand like ours link building cannot look shady. LASEO only works with domains we would happily cite ourselves.
Our backlink profile was thin for years. LASEO built targeted links via digital PR and sport media and our authority climbed steadily.
LASEO builds links you do not have to hide from your brand. No guest-post farms, real tier-A PR coverage with sensible anchor distribution.
For a premium brand like ours link building cannot look shady. LASEO only works with domains we would happily cite ourselves.
Our backlink profile was thin for years. LASEO built targeted links via digital PR and sport media and our authority climbed steadily.
Honest answers about link building pricing 
Every pricing question buyers Google before committing a link building budget.
Editorial link building costs EUR 5,000 to EUR 25,000 per month, depending on volume, how competitive your market is and how complex the content is. In the wider Dutch market freelance SEO specialists typically charge EUR 75 to 125 per hour and monthly agency fees run from EUR 1,500 to 10,000+ per month depending on scope. A single editorial placement on a top-tier publication has an all-in cost of EUR 400 to 1,500 once you include the content that earns it, the outreach time and the relationship maintenance. Vendors selling 'high DA links' (links sold on a high authority score) below EUR 200 each are delivering network placements that violate Google's spam policies. LASEO does not sell fixed packages; we build a custom proposal after a free SEO audit.
Free backlink audit
Get your free backlink auditfrom a senior consultant.
Free and without obligation. A senior link building consultant looks at your backlinks, shows you the three biggest gaps holding back your rankings and works out with you what closing them costs and which budget fits. If a proposal from us makes sense, you get a custom one with every price line visible. No sales pitch.
