Pricing

Pricing · per-placement · for ecommerce brands

Pay for live placements.
No retainers. No setup fees.

Two services. Both hand-pitched. Both priced per placement. Volume discounts kick in at 5+ placements per month, no contract required.

90d
Replacement guarantee
Free
25-min audit call
0
Long contracts
5+
Volume discount tier
The two services

Pick the lever that matches the move.

Guest posts position the brand. Niche edits move the rank. Most ecommerce engagements use both.

Service 01

Guest Posts

$500 – $2,500
per live placement · ecommerce trade tier · 4–8 weeks turnaround

What's included

  • ✓Long-form editorial feature, 1,200+ words
  • ✓Pitched directly to ecom-vertical editors by name
  • ✓Drafted in your brand voice, reviewed before send
  • ✓Live URL, screenshot, anchor confirmation before invoice
  • ✓90-day replacement guarantee

Best for

New brand launches, hero category positioning, Q4 push, founder-led narrative pieces.

Service 02

Niche Edits

$250 – $1,500
per live insertion · already-ranking page · 1–3 weeks turnaround

What's included

  • ✓Contextual link inside an already-ranking article
  • ✓Buyer-intent roundups, comparisons, "best of" guides only
  • ✓Anchor + surrounding-context approval before edit
  • ✓Live URL + screenshot before invoice
  • ✓90-day replacement guarantee

Best for

Category SERP capture, comparison-roundup placement, holiday gift-guide insertions, fast competitive replies.

What moves price

Three things set the number.

I don't post fixed prices because every placement is different. Here's what actually changes the cost.

FACTOR 01

Publication tier

A guest post on Modern Retail or Glossy costs more than one on a smaller ecom-vertical publication. Higher-tier means stricter editorial, more buyer trust, and longer pitching cycles.

FACTOR 02

Anchor + placement type

Money-keyword anchors on already-ranking comparison roundups cost more than brand-name mentions on broad informational posts. Editors charge proportionally to commercial intent.

FACTOR 03

Volume + cadence

One-off placements price at the top of the band. 5+ placements per month unlock volume discounts, since editor relationship efficiency compounds.

Volume ladder

Discount stacks with cadence.

Cadence
Discount
Best for
1–4 placements / mo
Standard rate card
One-off launches, tests
5–9 placements / mo
−10%
Growing ecom catalogs
10–19 placements / mo
−15%
Multi-category Shopify Plus
20+ placements / mo
Custom
Enterprise + agency white-label

Discounts apply across both services. Cadence measured monthly, no minimum-month contract.

What's not included

Honesty about scope.

Editorial link building isn't a full SEO program. Here's what I don't do, and where to look if you need it.

NOT INCLUDED 01

On-page SEO + technical fixes

Schema, page speed, internal links, category-page architecture. Hire an in-house SEO or technical agency for this.

NOT INCLUDED 02

Content production at scale

I draft each guest post, but I don't run a content team. If you need 30 blog posts a month, you need a content agency, not me.

NOT INCLUDED 03

Paid placements / sponsored posts

If a publication's editorial answer is "advertise instead", I pass. Sponsored content is a different game and I don't sell it.

Talk to Naeem

Want a quote against your actual store?

Send the URL on a 25-minute call. I'll quote your first 3 placements live, share the publication tier I'd target, and walk you through a 90-day projection. Free, NDA-friendly, no deck.

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