Market report9 min read
The link market in 2026: where prices are actually moving.
We priced 12,400 placements across 14 verticals. What the data shows, what the market is telling you, and where the arbitrage still lives.
Field Notes · OraveltRead
Editorial teams are placing links this week·Q3 '26
The infrastructurebehind links thathold.
A digital PR platform for editorial teams. Discover vetted publishers, place contextual features, and measure impact — all from one console built by people who actually run search programs.
Trusted by editorial and search teams shipping in production
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Vetted publishers
Across 90 countries, 24 languages
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Faster than agencies
Benchmarked against retainer firms
Trusted by teams shipping placements every week
Northwave MediaAgency
Meridian RankIn-house
Fielder & Co.Studio
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Vault DigitalAgency
Cove EditorialPublisher
Halcyon SearchIn-house
Braid VenturesGrowth
Northwave MediaAgency
Meridian RankIn-house
Fielder & Co.Studio
PulseTypeAffiliate
Vault DigitalAgency
Cove EditorialPublisher
Halcyon SearchIn-house
Braid VenturesGrowth
Voices from the field
What editorial teams say when they stop guessing.
Agencies, in-house programs, and independent operators — the people running the campaigns you compete with.
“Oravelt is the first tool that treats link building like the editorial discipline it actually is. We ship in days what took retainer agencies a quarter.”
Renata Falcão
Head of Search · Meridian Rank
“The publisher data is the honest kind. What you see in the console is what lands in the campaign report. No inflated DRs, no ghost traffic, no surprises at invoice.”
Marc Delacroix
Growth Lead · Fielder & Co.
“We replaced three tools with Oravelt. The console is a joy — the workflow feels like it was built by someone who has actually placed a hundred links themselves.”
Tarja Kallio
Founder · Halcyon Search
“Fast, transparent, and priced honestly. My clients get better placements at lower cost, and I finally have the reporting layer that closes retainers on time.”
Adam Corvi
Director · Vault Digital
The workflow
Four steps from search to published.
The same loop, refined against thousands of campaigns. Nothing to configure — just open the console and start.
- 01/04
Search the network
Filter 40,000 vetted publishers by DR, traffic, language, vertical, and price. Every metric shown is verified and refreshed weekly.
- 02/04
Preview the placement
See the exact target page, referring domains, and traffic history before you buy. No masked URLs, no revealed-at-checkout tricks.
- 03/04
Brief or bring content
Send us an angle and let our editorial team draft, or upload finished copy. Set anchors, targets, and boost with tier-2 signals.
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Track to publication
Every order shows live status, editorial notes, and the eventual URL. Export campaign reports for clients in one click.
The platform
One console. The full editorial loop.
Discover, brief, publish, and report from one workspace built for the actual cadence of a search program.
Publisher data
Verified metrics, editorial context.
Every publisher card carries the numbers that matter — Ahrefs and Moz, refreshed weekly, alongside real editorial signals like publishing frequency and content depth. No estimates dressed as facts.
- Weekly-refreshed metrics
- Traffic history and topical breakdown
- Editorial cadence and review notes
- Verified outbound link counts
The marketplace
A network built by editors, for operators.
Filter across DR, traffic, vertical, price, and language in a single query. Every publisher is manually vetted before joining, and reassessed each quarter. What you see is what you get.
Contextual search
Find pages already primed to rank.
Search by keyword and Oravelt returns live pages that are already indexed and pulling traffic for the term. Place your link where the momentum is already going.
Advanced
Where mature programs go next.
Reverse-engineer what is working.
See exactly which publishers are lifting your competitors and prioritize the reachable placements. Sync into any campaign in one click.
- Weekly gap refresh
- Priority scoring by yield
- One-click campaign sync
Transparency
The kind of report a client can actually verify.
Drag the handle to see the difference between what most agencies send at end-of-month and what Oravelt hands you every Monday.
Campaign report · September
Every URL verified · exportable in one click
24 placements
modernstartup.coDR 78
example.com/tools-for-teamsLive · verified
growthreport.ioDR 64
example.com/collab-reviewLive · verified
editorial-daily.netDR 82
example.com/best-workflowsLive · verified
fintech-pulse.ioDR 71
example.com/team-productivityLive · verified
productlog.devDR 68
example.com/software-guideLive · verified
startupdigest.coDR 74
example.com/growth-stackLive · verified
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Field Notes
Long-form research from operators who ship.
Market data, editorial analysis, and campaign teardowns — written by the people running programs on Oravelt, not by a marketing team.
Editorial6 min read
What separates a placement that ranks from one that just sits.
Anchor text is the obvious lever. Context depth, referring domain freshness, and internal link geometry matter more than the industry admits.
Field Notes · OraveltRead
Field notes4 min read
How Halcyon Search doubled program velocity in six weeks.
The exact workflow one operator ran to compress a 90-day placement cycle into 21 days — without dropping editorial standards or client satisfaction.
Field Notes · OraveltRead
Questions
The details, before you ask.
Anything not covered here goes to a real person — usually the founder — within the same day.
A digital PR and link building platform that consolidates the entire editorial loop — publisher discovery, briefing, order tracking, and campaign reporting — into one console for editorial and search teams.
Marketplaces sell you access to a directory and let you fend for yourself. Agencies sell you time on a retainer. Oravelt is the operational infrastructure: verified data, guided workflows, transparent pricing, and optional managed execution — with the software staying yours as your program matures.
Manual review at onboarding, then continuous checks: traffic authenticity, editorial cadence, outbound-link discipline, and topical alignment. Every publisher is reassessed at least once a quarter, and any signal drop triggers a re-review.
Ahrefs and Moz for authority signals, Semrush and internal crawls for traffic history, and our editorial team for context signals. Everything refreshes weekly. Numbers you see on the card are the numbers in the campaign report.
Yes. Upload finished copy, or use our editorial team as an add-on. Either way, the same publisher requirements apply and the same review process happens before anything goes live.
Median delivery is six hours from confirmed order to live URL for standard placements. Editorial features and managed campaigns run on their own cadences — you see status live in the console the entire way.
Yes. Agencies use Oravelt at cost basis, brand the campaign reporting layer, and invoice clients directly. Enterprise plans include workspace-per-client isolation and role-based permissions.
Per-placement, transparent, no monthly minimums. Publisher fees are shown before you buy — no bait-and-switch at checkout. Volume programs get progressive discounts as your monthly volume grows, applied automatically.
Oravelt supports regulated verticals with a curated subset of publishers who accept them. Compliance review is baked into the order flow; anything the publisher will not accept is filtered out before you see the option.
Request access at the top of the page. Access is invite-only during the current phase — we onboard teams one week at a time to make sure the experience holds up.
Currently accepting new teams
Build a program that compounds.
Open a workspace, connect your first campaign, and place your first placement this week. No calls, no long onboarding — just the console and the network.
No credit card requiredInvite-only phaseOnboard in a single afternoon