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Backlink Marketplace
The backlink marketplace where every placement is vetted, niche-matched, and tracked from order to live link.
Browse vetted sites, match your niche, order with one payment, and track the placement to live.
- 48-hour free trial
- 600 credits
- No credit card required
Updated
- Today's run
- Browse vetted inventoryDone
- Order and payDone
- Track to liveYour call
Ready for you
Example- Vetted publisher inventoryReady to review
- Niche matching against your siteNew
- Razorpay and PayPal checkoutQueued
- capabilities, one workspace
- 6capabilities, one workspace
- steps from sign-up to first result
- 3steps from sign-up to first result
- free trial, no card
- 48hfree trial, no card
- a month on Lite
- $49a month on Lite
Quick answer
What is a backlink marketplace?
A backlink marketplace is a platform where publishers list sites that accept paid placements and buyers order links directly, with the platform handling vetting, payment and delivery tracking.
The honest framing matters here: paid links are against Google's guidelines, and anyone telling you otherwise is selling harder than they should. What a marketplace changes is the information asymmetry — you can see the site, its metrics and its niche before paying, rather than trusting a broker's spreadsheet. The strategic decision about whether to buy links at all remains yours.
Before and after
What changes when you use the Backlink Marketplace?
Inventory is browsable, with each site's metrics visible before you commit to anything.
Without Xicmo
- Link buying happens over email with a broker whose inventory you cannot inspect.
- You find out the site's real metrics after the invoice, not before.
- A placement is promised in two weeks and you have no way to check whether it went live.
- Niche relevance is asserted by the seller and not verifiable by you.
- Payment is a bank transfer to someone you have no recourse against.
With Xicmo
- Inventory is browsable, with each site's metrics visible before you commit to anything.
- You see what you are buying and what it costs in the same view.
- Every order is tracked from placement to live link inside the dashboard.
- Sites are matched to your niche rather than sold from a general list.
- Payment runs through Razorpay or PayPal, so there is a transaction record and a route to dispute.
How it works
How does the Backlink Marketplace work?
In three steps: browse vetted inventory, then order and pay, then track to live.
- Step 1
Browse vetted inventory
Sites with their metrics visible up front, filtered to the niche your site actually sits in.
- Step 2
Order and pay
One checkout through Razorpay or PayPal, with a transaction record rather than a bank transfer on trust.
- Step 3
Track to live
Every placement is tracked through to the live URL. Chasing a broker for a status update is the part this removes.
Capabilities
What can the Backlink Marketplace do?
Browse vetted sites, match your niche, order with one payment, and track the placement to live.
Vetted publisher inventory
Sites are checked before listing, so the inventory is not an unfiltered broker spreadsheet.
Niche matching against your site
Placements matched to what your site is actually about, since a link from an unrelated site is worth very little.
Razorpay and PayPal checkout
Real payment rails with a transaction record and a dispute route, rather than a transfer on trust.
Order tracking from placement to live URL
Each order's state is visible through to the live link, so nothing depends on chasing an email.
Metrics visible before purchase
You see the site's numbers before committing, which is the asymmetry that makes broker deals risky.
Order history in the same workspace as the SEO agent
Placements sit beside your audits and rankings, so link buying is visible next to its supposed effect.
Free, no sign-up
Try the Backlink Marketplace's checks free
This tool runs one of the checks the Backlink Marketplace does every day, once, on any page you choose.
Why it's different
You see the site before you pay for the link
The reason link buying goes wrong is almost never the link — it is that you bought it blind. A broker sends a spreadsheet, you pick a row, and the site's real traffic, real niche and real outbound-link profile turn out to be nothing like described. Making the inventory browsable with metrics attached is a boring fix for that, and it is the entire point of this marketplace.
Why this channel
Links still move rankings, and still carry risk
Backlinks remain among the strongest ranking signals, which is exactly why a market for them exists. They also remain against Google's stated guidelines, and low-quality paid links are a well-documented way to damage a site. Both facts are true simultaneously, and any decision about buying them should account for the second one.
Pricing
How much does the Backlink Marketplace cost?
The Backlink Marketplace is included from the Lite plan at $49 a month, which comes with 500 credits, and in every plan above it. Credits meter real AI usage rather than seats and refresh monthly. You can try it free for 48 hours with 600 credits and no card, or buy a 24-hour day pass for $5, and cancel any paid plan in one click.
Not ready for a month? A day pass opens the Backlink Marketplace and every agent but video for 24 hours. One payment, nothing renews.
Day pass, $5FAQ
Backlink Marketplace FAQs
The questions people ask before they switch the Backlink Marketplace on. Anything else, ask a founder.
Are paid backlinks against Google's guidelines?
Yes. Buying links that pass ranking signals contravenes Google's guidelines, and we would rather say so plainly than bury it. The marketplace reduces the risk of buying a bad placement; it does not change the guideline, and that decision is yours to make with the facts in view.
How are the sites vetted?
Listings are checked before they appear and their metrics are shown to you before purchase. Vetting reduces the chance of a poor placement — it is not a guarantee about how any given link performs.
What happens if a placement never goes live?
Order state is tracked to the live URL, so a stalled placement is visible rather than something you discover by chasing. Payment runs through Razorpay or PayPal, which means there is a transaction record behind any dispute.
Does this use credits?
No. Placements are bought directly at the listed price — there is no credit conversion and no markup layered on top of it.
How quickly do links go live?
It depends on the publisher, and the tracked state is there precisely because the honest answer is a range rather than a date.
Does it publish or send anything without my approval?
Not unless you tell it to. Every agent drafts into a queue and stops there: you read it, edit it, and press publish, or you don't, and nothing leaves. The one exception is opt-in: a Content Writer drip schedule can publish each finished blog to a CMS you connected, and only if you choose that when you set the schedule up.
Do I need any technical setup?
Add your website URL and the agents start working. Connecting Search Console or Analytics makes the SEO and GEO agents considerably sharper, and both are OAuth — no keys to paste, no DNS records, no code on your site.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. Every signup gets 48 hours with every agent except the Video Agent, 600 credits to spend and up to 3 websites, with no card required. After that a $5 day pass opens the same agents for another 24 hours, or a monthly plan keeps them running. Credits meter actual AI usage rather than seats.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Plans are monthly and cancel from billing in one click, with no contract or notice period, and you keep your plan until the month you paid for ends. Drafts you have already generated stay in your workspace.
Works with
Which agents work well with the Backlink Marketplace?
Every Xicmo agent shares one workspace, one voice profile and one approval queue, so these run alongside the Backlink Marketplace without extra setup.
- SEO AgentThe AI SEO agent that runs the whole loop — from crawling your site to telling you which fix moves which keyword.Learn more
- GEO AgentThe generative engine optimisation agent that checks whether AI assistants cite you — and what to change when they don't.Learn more
- Video AgentThe AI video agent that turns a one-line request into a finished brief and a short marketing video, grounded in your own site.Learn more
48-hour free trial
Sign up today and run your whole marketing team free for 48 hours
- 600 credits to spend, no card needed
- Every agent: SEO, GEO, content, Reddit, X, email and more
- Up to 3 websites, the same as a Lite plan
- The Video Agent needs a subscription
The 48 hours start the moment you sign up.
The Backlink Marketplace is included in the trial, and nothing publishes without your approval. See all agents


