You’ve probably seen people throw backlink prices around like confetti—$5 here, $150 there, or even more for high DA sites. But how are they coming up with these numbers? Are they guessing? Eyeballing it? Using some private spreadsheet from 2013? That’s where a link price calculator comes in. It's basically a way to cut through the nonsense and figure out a realistic value for a backlink on a specific domain.
It’s not rocket science, but it’s not a random guess either.
At ToolsBox, our tool gives you a quick snapshot—based on actual data points like domain authority, organic traffic, link profile health, and a few other behind-the-scenes metrics. You pop in the domain, and it returns an estimated backlink cost. No fluff. No pitch.
Not everyone needs this. But if you’re someone who does link building for clients... or you’re running a niche site and wondering if someone’s offer to “sell you a link for $80” is garbage or gold—this tool is your compass.
Same goes if you own a website. Thinking about monetizing with sponsored posts or link insertions? You need to know your site’s link value before underpricing it. Because believe me, plenty of folks are making good money selling links—they just actually know what their site’s worth.
Let’s be honest. Most of us don’t want to manually calculate things like:
Organic monthly visitors
Referring domain counts
Domain Authority (DA)
Spam score
Niche relevance
Traffic source credibility
So, this tool basically does that lifting for you. It pulls data from SEO APIs, averages out the pricing based on similar sites in the same DA and traffic range, and boom—you get a suggested price.
Is it 100% perfect? No. But it gets you really close. Much better than just guessing or copying what someone said in a Facebook group.
A friend of mine runs a decent travel blog. Gets like 25k visits a month. DA hovers around 40. She was getting offers from agencies for $40 per post. Sounded okay. Then she ran her site through a few backlink value estimators, including ours. Turns out, average link prices for sites like hers were $120–$150.
So yeah. She tripled her rate. And clients still stuck around.
Nope. Bloggers. Affiliate marketers. Agencies. Even site flippers use it. Basically anyone in the buying/selling backlinks game—or those just analyzing link-building ROI. If you're trying to figure out how much to pay (or charge) for a link... this saves you a lot of time and guesswork.
And if you're someone who rents links monthly instead of one-time fees? This still helps you set that recurring rate.
Higher DA doesn’t always mean higher value, but generally... it counts. The higher the DA, the more “trust” search engines associate with your link. But don’t rely on this alone.
This is huge. A site with actual people visiting it regularly (not just bots or expired domains) tends to pass more SEO juice. You’ll notice traffic-heavy sites usually get a higher price.
No one wants to pay for a link on a spammy domain. Sites with tons of outbound links, shady content, or manipulated metrics? Nah. They're worth less.
Relevance matters. A backlink on a beauty blog won’t do much for your cryptocurrency site. Our calculator weighs this too.
Not claiming it's magic. It's just... practical. You get:
A raw price estimate
Supporting metrics so you can verify the logic
No login required
No over-styled UI to distract you
We didn’t try to make it flashy. Just functional. Like a decent pocket knife. Or a clean Excel sheet with no fluff. You can run it once. Or 50 times a day if you're scouting link deals.
If you’re flipping sites, use the price estimate to show potential buyers what kind of passive income they could make from link sales.
Or maybe you’re trying to convince a stubborn client to up their budget. Drop them a screenshot from the calculator. Let data speak louder than your pitch.
You could also audit your existing backlink deals. Are you underpaying? Overpaying? It’s easy to get blinded by brand names. This tool brings it back to numbers.
We’ve kept it simple on purpose. There’s already too much noise in SEO. Too many tools trying to be everything at once. This one doesn’t do 14 different things. It does one thing. Well.
You either need it or you don’t. And if you don’t, cool. But if you’re tired of pulling link prices out of thin air, maybe run a few URLs and see what comes up.
Sometimes the answer surprises you.
Does this give me an actual price to charge for links?
Pretty close. It’s not gospel, but it gives a solid baseline. Helps you not undersell.
How accurate is the link price calculator?
Depends on the data available for your domain. It’s an estimate, not a fixed rate card.
Can I use this to check competitors’ sites?
Yup. Just plug in their domain and see what kind of value they might be getting from their backlinks.
What if my site has low traffic but a high DA?
Happens a lot. You’ll see a lower price than you'd expect—because traffic plays a huge role. DA alone doesn’t cut it.
Do agencies use tools like this?
Yes. All the time. Especially smaller SEO agencies who need fast valuations before quoting clients.