Link building retainer vs project by cadence, scope, reporting, and risk. Distinct from the retainer and monthly-retainers doorways. English GP from $125. Get a Quote or Order from $125. English guest posts from $125 to $450. Dual path: get a quote or order a packaged DR band in the client portal.
What this retainer-versus-project URL is allowed to answer
This URL distinguishes recurring authority building from a finite campaign by scope, cadence, reporting, and risk. Link building retainer is the singular month doorway. Monthly retainers is the plural phrasing. Monthly packages is the package wording. Managed service is the desk phrasing. Five titles: this one is how to choose the buying shape — not another leftover “retainer from $1,500” clone.
A project is a locked destination list and a finite count of live URLs. A retainer is the same public card, scoped month after month, with exclusions that stay written down. Neither is a 50-link quota. The $1,500 month SKU is not a volume promise. You still buy inspectable live URLs plus DR, traffic, and anchor — typical TAT about two weeks, 20-day maximum on standard DR work, replacement if a live link drops.
English guest posts stay $125 / $175 / $250 / $275 / $450 when the destination is ordinary. Dual path stays visible: Order from $125 when one packaged band is enough; Get a Quote when the mix or the month needs scoping.
Who this retainer-decision page is for
In-house SEO picking a buying shape
You already own the destination. You need a finite campaign or a scoped month — not another leftover retainer clone.
Agencies reselling a month or a burst
Same public card as white-label. Unbranded reports on request. We do not contact your client.
Operators who will name the stop date
A project ends. A retainer renews only if the brief still holds. We will not invent a lock-in.
How this brief actually runs
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Lock the destination and the constraint
URL, language, geo, and whether the page is ordinary English GP or a quoted vertical. We will not mix leftovers across geos.
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Shortlist hosts, then QC
Audience and archive first, then DataForSEO spam and toxic-domain checks. Marketplace sheets get rejected here.
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Pitch a person, write for that host
A human contacts the editor. The draft matches the publication — not a templated 10-tips blast.
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Live URL, index report, replace if it drops
You get DR, traffic, and anchor. Typical TAT about two weeks, 20-day maximum on standard DR work.
What you get
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English GP rates: $125 / $175 / $250 popular / $275 / $450
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100% manual outreach
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DataForSEO QC before a domain is approved
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Live URL + DR / traffic / anchor report
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Indexing submitted and reported
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Replacement if the live link drops
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Typical ~2 week TAT, 20-day maximum on standard DR
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No monthly minimum
Reporting and risk without a fake blend SKU
Both shapes report the same way: live URL, DR, traffic, anchor, index, replacement. Risk on a retainer is silent geo-swap or a leftover host filling a month. Risk on a project is treating a farm sheet as a “sprint.” We will refuse both.
The $1,500 month stays a scoped desk, not a volume promise — see monthly retainers. Founder narrative stays on why us.