Backlinks on Real Commercial Sites, Each Built Around One Niche
Online stores, directories, job boards, buying guides and course sites, each about one niche, built and run by our own studio. Your client's link lands where it makes sense, on a site they'll be proud to appear on, not on another blog everyone else is selling.
Built and run by us.Not a marketplace of other people's blogs: one studio, one standard.
Your backlinks stay private.Competitors checking your client in SEO tools can't see your backlinks.
Commercial, not informational.Stores, directories, job boards and course sites keep their search demand while AI answers empty out blogs.
Wholesale pricing.Direct from the source, so the margin is yours.
Most of the jobs our listed trades take on in Clifton are roof work. For slipped slates or a leaking flat roof, homeowners here choose roof repairs in Bristol from Harbourside Roofing.
Links toharbourside-roofing.co.uk/roof-repairs
Sample placement on a network site. Your client's page, anchor and site shown for illustration.
Sites built and run by our own studio
Replacement if a placement drops
Private beta: 30% off for life
What makes ThematicLinks different
Ten differences your clients will notice, and your competitors won't.
Each one exists for the same reason: links you're proud to put in a client report, at a price that leaves room for margin.
Placements cost $49–$99, depending on the site and topic. Resell at your own rate.
No broker in the middle
No reseller markup
Beta participants get 30% off all their orders for life
Five kinds of site, one standard
Diversity your competitors' link profiles don't have.
Most vendors sell one kind of site: a multi-niche blog. ThematicLinks offers five, each about a single niche, all to the same standard. Forums join the network later.
Guest posts and link insertions, on every site type.
Online storesStores built around a single product category.Great for: eCommerce and DTC brands, manufacturers
DirectoriesCurated listings for one category and place.Great for: Local businesses, B2B services, SaaS categories
Job boardsVacancies for one profession or sector.Great for: Recruiters, HR software, training providers
Buying guidesReviews and comparisons for one product category.Great for: Brands, retailers and SaaS in a reviewed category
Course sitesLessons and courses on one subject.Great for: Training providers, tools and education brands
The inventory filter, showing illustrative examples of each site type. Beta members see the live inventory by niche and market.
Sites you'll be proud to put in the report, and your clients will be proud to be featured on.
Part I
Where your link lives
01–04
01Chapter 01Sites we build and run ourselves
Not a marketplace of other people's blogs.
One operator,one standard,every site.
Most links sold today sit on blogs owned by thousands of strangers: whoever replied to a vendor's outreach, kept up to whatever standard they felt like that year. ThematicLinks sites are built and run by our own studio on WordPress, hosted on our own servers, kept fast, patched and backed up, and designed to look like the real businesses they are.
Because we run every site, we decide what goes on every page: no paid-post free-for-all, no surprise redesigns, and someone to answer for a placement for as long as it is live.
We value your privacy. 214 partners use cookies.Accept all
roofing-supplies.example
Roofing supplies
StoreRoofing suppliesUnited Kingdom
✓ThematicLinks site · Roofing supplies
Cookie wall
Ad slots
Pop-ups
Posts on every topic
Built and run by us, one niche
Two sites with the same link: a multi-niche blog that sells posts to anyone, and a site we built for one niche.
Two sites with the same link: a multi-niche blog that sells posts to anyone, and a site we built for one niche.
Premium by default: every site is designed to be one your client is glad to appear on.
02Chapter 02One niche per site
One niche per site, always.
Relevance you canexplain in one sentence.
A multi-niche blog covers mortgages on Monday and dog food on Friday. Our sites never drift: a store sells one product category, a directory lists one kind of business, a job board covers one profession, a buying guide reviews one category and a course site teaches one subject.
When your client asks why their link is there, the answer fits in one sentence: “It's a store that sells cast-iron cookware, and you make cast-iron cookware.” Or: “It's a job board for nurses, and you recruit nurses.”
portsmouth-tree-surgeons.example✕ Same niche, wrong market
Wedding venues
DirectoryWedding venuesBristol
bristol-wedding-venues.example✕ Same market, wrong niche
A client page matched to the site that shares its niche.
A client page matched to the site that shares its niche.
Premium by default: every site is designed to be one your client is glad to appear on.
03Chapter 03Commercial-intent sites over informational blogs
Where people buy, hire and join, not where they browse.
The sites AI answerscan't replace.
AI Overviews and chat assistants answer informational questions directly, and the blogs that used to rank for them are losing clicks fast. Nobody asks a chatbot to sell them a frying pan, though. They buy it from a store, find a supplier in a directory, apply through a job board or enrol on a course.
We put your links on sites built around those actions (buying, finding, hiring and learning), where search demand is sturdier.
Find the leak from the loft after rain, then check flashing, slates and valleys.
Small cracks can be sealed temporarily; slipped slates need re-fixing.
Answered on the results page. Nobody needs to visit a blog.
Commercial searches still click throughServiceProductJob
electrician near me bristol
Ebristol-electricians.exampleElectricians in Bristol · Rewires, fuse boards & EV chargersLocal, vetted electricians for homes and businesses across Bristol.Visit siteCall
Electricians
DirectoryElectriciansBristol
An informational query answered by AI, and commercial queries (a product, a supplier, a job) that still send clicks.
An informational query answered by AI, and commercial queries (a product, a supplier, a job) that still send clicks.
Premium by default: every site is designed to be one your client is glad to appear on.
04Chapter 04Five kinds of working site
Real sites people use, not link farms.
A site with a job to do,not a page to sell.
A link is worth more on a page that exists for a reason. Every site in the network does something for its visitors: it sells a product range, lists the businesses in a category, carries the vacancies in a profession, reviews the products in a niche or teaches a subject.
That gives your client five different kinds of source, each with its own page types, so a profile built here looks like links earned across a real market rather than bought from one list.
Anatomy of a network site: its niche, its kind and the market it serves.
Anatomy of a network site: its niche, its kind and the market it serves.
Premium by default: every site is designed to be one your client is glad to appear on.
Relevance and power
Relevance first. Power you can check.
Worried a niche site has relevance but no power?
The usual shortcut to power is a domain with someone else's backlinks, bought without looking and repurposed for whatever sells. That is exactly what Google targets: its March 2024 expired domain abuse spam policy made repurposed domains a named risk.
We build sites to earn their place: a real catalogue, listings, vacancies or lessons, kept up to date, with traffic we measure ourselves. Every placement report shows the host's measured traffic, so you judge power by evidence rather than by a third-party score.
How a network site earns its place
01
Built for one nicheA site with a clear job: a store, a directory, a job board, a guide or a course.
02
Real contentProducts, listings, vacancies, reviews or lessons, not posts written to carry links.
03
Kept currentMaintained, patched and refreshed by the studio that built it.
04
Measured trafficFirst-party analytics on every site, shown in your placement reports.
05
Capped linksA fixed outbound-link limit on every page, set by the system.
06
Authority over timeSites earn links and visitors the way real businesses do.
Describes how the network is run. It is not a ranking promise.
Inventory that follows demand
A network that grows with your clients.
Tell us the niches, languages and markets you need. Our studio builds new sites where that demand is, giving you more relevant places to buy placements. New sites join our shared network; they are not reserved for one agency.
Supported topics, reviewed before acceptance
More languages and cities
Building trades
DirectoryBuilding tradesBristol
Roofing supplies
StoreRoofing suppliesUnited Kingdom
Roofing jobs
Job boardRoofing jobsUnited Kingdom
Flat roofing
Buying guideFlat roofingUnited Kingdom
Roofing courses
CoursesRoofing coursesUnited Kingdom
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3
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Tree surgery
DirectoryTree surgeryBristol
Part II
Why it holds up
05–07
05Chapter 05Algorithmic editorial safeguards
Pages that never become link farms.
Rules that protect every link on the page,including yours.
A link is only as good as its neighbours. Every page has a fixed limit on outbound links, set by the system rather than a salesperson, and orders in niches we won't touch are declined before they start.
Placements are checked after they go live, and if one drops within the replacement period, we replace it.
Your backlinks stay private.Competitors can't copy them.
Anyone can put your client's domain into an SEO tool and copy every backlink you worked for. On ThematicLinks, visitors and search engines see a normal, clickable link, while the crawlers behind common SEO tools don't get the destination.
Switch it on for any eligible placement, or for a whole order in one click, and leave it off when a client wants their links visible in their own tools.
Normal link for visitors and search engines
Destination withheld from common SEO-tool crawlers
Most flat roofs that leak need repair, not replacement. For a survey and repair in the city, we recommend roof repairs in Bristol.
href → harbourside-roofing.co.uk/roof-repairs
SEO-tool crawler
flat-roof-guide.example
Flat roofing
Buying guideFlat roofingUnited Kingdom
Most flat roofs that leak need repair, not replacement. For a survey and repair in the city, we recommend roof repairs in Bristol.
No destination in the page this crawler receives
Backlink check · harbourside-roofing.co.uk
New referring domainsnone found
The same page seen by a visitor, and by an SEO-tool crawler.
The same page seen by a visitor, and by an SEO-tool crawler.
For the technically curious
The same sentence on the same page, as each kind of visitor receives it.
Visitors and search engines receive
<p>Most flat roofs that leak need repair, not replacement. For a survey and repair in the city, we recommend <a href="https://harbourside-roofing.co.uk/roof-repairs"> roof repairs in Bristol </a>.</p>
Common SEO-tool crawlers receive
<p>Most flat roofs that leak need repair, not replacement. For a survey and repair in the city, we recommend roof repairs in Bristol.</p>
07Chapter 07Footprint discipline
Nothing that ties the network together in a tool.
Built so the networkdoesn't read as a network.
Networks usually get spotted through the boring stuff: the same guest-author bios, the same “write for us” page, the same theme on every site, the same outbound links showing up in every SEO tool. Our sites carry none of that: each has its own design and its own job, there are no guest-author pages, and client links are kept out of the link graphs SEO tools build.
You don't need to manage any of it. It's simply how the network is run.
Put your logo and colours on the client portal and send placement reports with your brand on them, ready to drop into the monthly report. Running it on your own subdomain is coming during the beta.
Your clients never need to know we exist. That's the point.
POST https://youragency.com/hooks/thematiclinks{ "event": "order.item_published", "order_id": "ord_7KQ2M4", "live_url": "https://bristol-trades.example/roof-access", "anchor_text": "roof repairs in Bristol"}
OpenAPI 3.1 reference · Command-line tool included
One command, and the order appears in the dashboard.
Part IV
Why the margin works
10
10Chapter 10Direct-to-source affordability ($49 to $99 USD)
Wholesale, direct from the operator.
Buy direct.Keep the margin.
Most links pass through two or three sets of hands before they reach you, and each takes a cut. There's no broker here, so there's nobody to pay in between.
Placements cost $49–$99, depending on the site and topic. Resell at your own rate.
No broker in the middle
No reseller markup
Beta participants get 30% off all their orders for life
No names, no mud-slinging. Just the structural differences.
Side by side with what you're buying today.
Blog-network marketplaces
Expired-domain networks
ThematicLinks
Quality standard
Varies by blogger
Whatever the drop left behind
One premium standard on every site
Type of site
Informational blogs
Revived shells
Stores, directories, job boards, guides, courses
Who runs the site
Thousands of bloggers
Whoever bought the drop
Our own studio
What the site is about
Whatever sells posts
Whatever the old domain was
One niche
How it looks to your client
Ad-heavy, generic
Thin, dated
Premium, purpose-built
Traffic evidence
Screenshots, if asked
None
Measured first-party, in every report
Outbound links per page
Often dozens
Often dozens
A small, fixed cap
Backlinks visible to competitors
Yes
Yes
Hidden from competitors
Your brand on reports
Rarely
No
Yes
Ordering
Email and spreadsheets
Email and spreadsheets
Dashboard, API or CLI
Price per link
Broker markup on top
Varies
Wholesale, direct
Quality standard
Blog-network marketplaces
Varies by blogger
Expired-domain networks
Whatever the drop left behind
ThematicLinks
One premium standard on every site
Type of site
Blog-network marketplaces
Informational blogs
Expired-domain networks
Revived shells
ThematicLinks
Stores, directories, job boards, guides, courses
Who runs the site
Blog-network marketplaces
Thousands of bloggers
Expired-domain networks
Whoever bought the drop
ThematicLinks
Our own studio
What the site is about
Blog-network marketplaces
Whatever sells posts
Expired-domain networks
Whatever the old domain was
ThematicLinks
One niche
How it looks to your client
Blog-network marketplaces
Ad-heavy, generic
Expired-domain networks
Thin, dated
ThematicLinks
Premium, purpose-built
Traffic evidence
Blog-network marketplaces
Screenshots, if asked
Expired-domain networks
None
ThematicLinks
Measured first-party, in every report
Outbound links per page
Blog-network marketplaces
Often dozens
Expired-domain networks
Often dozens
ThematicLinks
A small, fixed cap
Backlinks visible to competitors
Blog-network marketplaces
Yes
Expired-domain networks
Yes
ThematicLinks
Hidden from competitors
Your brand on reports
Blog-network marketplaces
Rarely
Expired-domain networks
No
ThematicLinks
Yes
Ordering
Blog-network marketplaces
Email and spreadsheets
Expired-domain networks
Email and spreadsheets
ThematicLinks
Dashboard, API or CLI
Price per link
Blog-network marketplaces
Broker markup on top
Expired-domain networks
Varies
ThematicLinks
Wholesale, direct
Private beta
Help shape it. Get 30% off for life.
We're opening ThematicLinks to a small group of agencies and in-house teams first. You get 30% off all your orders for life and a direct line to the people building it. We get honest feedback on how you order, report and resell.
What happens next
1We read every application ourselves.
2A short call to understand your niches and volumes.
It is a private network of commercial websites we build and run. What makes it different: every site is a working store, directory, job board, buying guide or course site about one niche, built to one standard by our own studio, with a strict cap on outbound links and no “write for us” page.
What kinds of sites will my links be on?
Five kinds: online stores, directories, job boards, buying guides and course sites, with forums to follow. Each is about one niche (and one place, where that matters), so you can pick the type that fits each client and diversify their profile beyond blogs.
Who builds the sites?
Our own studio. It builds, hosts and maintains every site in the network on WordPress, so each one is kept fast, secure and current, and each has a design and a purpose of its own rather than a stock blog theme.
Why commercial sites instead of blogs?
AI answers are taking clicks from informational content first. Sites where people buy, find, hire and learn keep their search demand, because people still need a product, a supplier, a job or a course. That's where we put your links.
How do you hide backlinks from competitors without hurting the link?
Visitors and search engines get a normal, clickable link. The common SEO-tool crawlers that competitors use to reverse-engineer a profile don't. Switch it on for any eligible placement, or for a whole order in one click.
Can I white-label it?
Yes. Put your logo and colours on the client portal and send reports with your brand on them. Running the portal on your own subdomain is coming during the beta.
Which topics do you refuse?
We do not accept pornography or sexually explicit content, abortion-related content or services, religion, gambling or betting, pharmaceuticals, or cryptocurrency. We also refuse illegal substances, weapons, predatory lending and other topics we consider unethical or divisive. Every brief is subject to review.
Can we order through an API?
Yes. Order from your own tools; status and reports follow in the beta.
What does it cost?
Placements cost $49–$99, depending on the site and topic, and beta participants get 30% off all their orders for life. It's lower than brokers because there's no broker in between.
What if a link disappears?
We check placements after they go live. If one drops within the replacement period, we replace it.
How do I judge a site's power?
By evidence. We measure every site's traffic ourselves and show it in your placement reports, alongside the page your link sits on. Sites earn links and visitors the way real businesses do; we never repurpose someone else's expired domain, the practice Google's expired domain abuse policy targets.
Do you guarantee rankings?
No, and be wary of anyone who does. We guarantee what we control: the site, the placement, the relevance, and keeping it live.
Private beta · Applications open
Give your clients links they'll understand, on sites they'll be proud of.
Beta participants get 30% off all their orders for life. Places are limited while we onboard agencies personally.