Before you spend four figures with a link vendor, spend a little on finding out what they are actually selling you.
Send me the domains on offer. For each one I check what matters and what sellers rarely volunteer: real organic traffic and the country it comes from, Moz DA and Ahrefs DR and TF side by side, spam score, how many outbound commercial links a typical article carries, how much of the site's content is sponsored, whether the traffic pattern looks earned or bought, and whether the site is topically anywhere near yours.
You get a plain verdict per domain — buy, negotiate, or walk — and the reasoning, so you can apply the same test yourself next time.
What you get
- A per-domain assessment with the metrics behind it
- A buy / negotiate / walk verdict and why
- Notes on anything that looks like a link farm, a PBN footprint, or bought traffic
- A short summary of what the shortlist as a whole says about that vendor
What I need from you
The list of domains, your own site or niche, and the price you were quoted if you are happy to share it.
Honest note
This is an assessment, not a certification. Metrics are read on the day and they move, and no audit can tell you what a search engine will do. I will give you the read date.
