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Get Backlinks from Non-WordPress, Mono-Thematic Sites on Commercial-Intent Exact Match Domains!

  • Diverse Non-Wordpress link profile
  • Single-topic commercial sites
  • EMDs over risky expired domains
  • Invisible to SEO tools & competitors
  • Any language. Any city.
  • CLI + API automation
  • BYO domains for exclusivity
  • Whitelabel & wholesale pricing
Request beta accessBrowse sample sites
  • Real sample sites you can open today
  • Replacement if a placement drops
  • Founding members: 30% off for life

What makes ThematicLinks different

Eleven 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.

01–04

Where your link lives

05–07

Why it holds up

08–10

How agencies run it

11

Why the margin works

Wholesale, direct from the operator.

No broker in the middle, so the margin is yours.

Direct-to-source affordability ($20 to $50 USD)

Placements cost $20–$50, depending on the site and topic. Resell at your own rate.

  • No broker in the middle
  • No reseller markup
  • Founding members 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, on WordPress. ThematicLinks offers five, each about a single topic, all to the same premium standard.

Guest posts and link insertions, on every site type.

  • Local business sitesSamples liveTrades and services, one service in one town.Great for: Local SEO, trades, clinics, professional services
  • Online shopsSamples coming in betaStores built around a single product category.Great for: eCommerce and DTC brands, manufacturers
  • Job boardsSamples coming in betaVacancies for one profession or sector.Great for: Recruiters, HR software, training providers
  • DirectoriesSamples coming in betaCurated listings for one category and place.Great for: Multi-location businesses, B2B services, SaaS categories
  • ForumsSamples coming in betaCommunities built around one topic.Great for: Enthusiast brands, SaaS, anything with a community
The inventory filter, showing real local business samples. Other site types show their samples once they are live.

Sites you'll be proud to put in the report, and your clients will be proud to be featured on.

Before we start

Links on the same WordPress blogs as everyone else

A natural-looking link profile across diverse tech and single-topic commercial sites

Part I

Where your link lives

01–04
Chapter 01Non-WordPress commercial infrastructure

Not another WordPress blog.

Diversity your link profilecan't get anywhere else.

Most links sold today sit on WordPress blogs, so most link profiles look the same: same platform, same plugins, same themes, same multi-niche blog. ThematicLinks sites use a mix of technologies, including Next.js, React and PayloadCMS, with Discourse for forums and Spree Commerce for shops. They're commercial sites: shops, local businesses, job boards, directories and forums.

That's diversity on every axis an audit looks at (platform, tech stack, site type and page type), from sources your client's competitors almost certainly don't have.

  • Different technologies across the network
  • Five site types, none of them blogs
  • Fast, clean pages with no plugin clutter
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Typical multi-niche blog
home-life-money-daily.net
HomeLifeDailyHomeLifestyleFinancePetsTravel
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Lifestyle · Finance · Pets10 easy ways to refresh your home this autumnStaff writer · 12 min read
SEO pluginShare barPopup builderRelated posts
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bristolsolarinstaller.co.uk
Solar installation · Bristol — bristolsolarinstaller.co.uk
ThematicLinks site · Solar installation
  • Cookie wall
  • Ad slots
  • Pop-ups
  • Plugin badges
  • Our own platform, one topic
Same content, two platforms: a typical multi-niche WordPress blog next to a ThematicLinks site.

Premium by default: every site is designed to be one your client is glad to appear on.

Chapter 02Mono-thematic single-topic & location sites

One topic 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 local business site covers one service in one town, a shop sells one product category, a job board lists one profession, a directory covers one category, and a forum hosts one community.

When your client asks why their link is there, the answer fits in one sentence: “It's a tree-surgery site in Bristol, and you're a tree surgeon in Bristol.” Or: “It's a job board for nurses, and you recruit nurses.”

  • One topic per site, whatever the type
  • Location-matched where place matters
  • Matched by topic first, then site type and place
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Placement brief1 of 1

Avon Valley Tree Care

avonvalleytreecare.co.uk/tree-surgery

Tree surgeryBristol
bristoltreesurgeon.co.uk
Tree surgery · Bristol — bristoltreesurgeon.co.uk
Matched on✓ Tree surgery✓ Bristol
  • Tree surgery · Portsmouth — portsmouthtreesurgeon.co.uk
    portsmouthtreesurgeon.co.uk✕ Same service, wrong city
  • Heating & cooling · Bristol — bristolhvac.co.uk
    bristolhvac.co.uk✕ Same city, wrong service
A client page matched to the site that shares its topic and city.

Premium by default: every site is designed to be one your client is glad to appear on.

Chapter 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 fix their boiler, though. They call a heating engineer, buy the part from a shop, search a job board or ask a forum of people who've done it.

We put your links on sites built around those actions (buying, hiring, finding and joining), where search demand is sturdier.

  • Five commercial site types
  • Built around buying, hiring and joining
  • No informational content farms
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Informational question
how to fix a leaking roof
AI answer
  • 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
electrician-bristol.co.ukElectricians in Bristol · Rewires, fuse boards & EV chargersLocal, vetted electricians for homes and businesses across Bristol.Visit siteCall
Electricians · Bristol — electrician-bristol.co.uk
An informational query answered by AI, and commercial queries (a service, a product, a job) that still send clicks.

Premium by default: every site is designed to be one your client is glad to appear on.

Chapter 04Exact Match Domains (EMD) over dropped domains

Clean domains that name the topic.

A domain that says what it does,and has nothing to hide.

Expired-domain networks sell you someone else's past: old anchors, old penalties, a casino phase nobody mentions. Google has been cracking down on exactly that since its March 2024 expired domain abuse spam policy. Our domains are newly registered for the exact topic they describe, with no risky or toxic history.

The address alone tells Google, and your client, what the site is about. And we don't leave a clean domain powerless: each one builds authority over time, step by step.

  • Registered new, for one purpose
  • No risky or toxic domain history
  • Authority built deliberately over time
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Anatomy of a network domain
  1. bristolPlaceThe city it serves
  2. treesurgeonServiceThe one thing it does
  3. .co.ukCountryThe market it's in
Domain history
Nothing beforeRegistered new
Registered
New, for this site
Previous owners
None
Inherited backlinks
None
bristoltreesurgeon.co.uk
Tree surgery · Bristol — bristoltreesurgeon.co.uk
Anatomy of a network domain: place + service + country.

Premium by default: every site is designed to be one your client is glad to appear on.

Relevance and power

Relevance and power. We build both.

Worried an exact-match domain has relevance but no power?

The usual shortcut to power is an expired domain with someone else's backlinks. It's also exactly what Google targets: its March 2024 expired domain abuse spam policy made repurposed domains a named risk, and risky or toxic histories travel with the domain.

So we start clean and build authority on purpose. Every new domain gets a steady, deliberate programme of supporting links over the months after launch, so relevance and power grow together.

How we build authority on every new domain
  1. Clean registrationA new domain named for its topic, with no history to inherit.
  2. Cloud linksSupporting pages on major cloud platforms pointing at the site.
  3. Web 2.0 propertiesTopic-matched properties on established publishing platforms.
  4. Social profilesBusiness profiles on the social networks that fit the topic.
  5. Press releasesDistributed announcements for launches and milestones.
  6. Authority builds over monthsThe programme keeps going while the site earns real signals.

Describes what we do for every domain. It is not a ranking promise.

Sample sites

Open any of them. This is where your links live.

Here are some of our live local business sites across Bristol, Exeter and Portsmouth, each about one trade in one city. Shops, job boards, directories and forums follow the same standard. No “write for us” page, no guest-author bios, no wall of outbound links. Just good-looking sites your client will be happy to be seen on.

Sample sites

bristol-demolition.co.uk
Demolition · Bristol — bristol-demolition.co.uk
Open site ↗

bristol-demolition.co.uk

Online shops

Stores built around a single product category.

eCommerce and DTC brands, manufacturers

Samples coming in beta

Job boards

Vacancies for one profession or sector.

Recruiters, HR software, training providers

Samples coming in beta

Directories

Curated listings for one category and place.

Multi-location businesses, B2B services, SaaS categories

Samples coming in beta

Forums

Communities built around one topic.

Enthusiast brands, SaaS, anything with a community

Samples coming in beta

Sample only. Available inventory is shown to beta members by topic and location.

Inventory that follows demand

Need a niche we don't cover yet? We'll build the site.

Our builder launches a complete, premium-looking site of any of the five kinds, for any topic and location, in minutes. Your options follow your clients rather than whatever blogs happen to be for sale.

  • Minutes to launch a new site
  • Any topic × any location × five site types

The client click test

Hoping the client never clicks the link

Clients proud to be featured

Part II

Why it holds up

05–07
Chapter 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.

  • Fixed outbound-link cap per page
  • Banned niches declined automatically
  • Live checks after publishing
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exeter-electrician.co.uk/services/ev-charger-installation
Electricians · Exeter — exeter-electrician.co.uk
Outbound links on this page4 of 4link slots used
  1. EV charger grants explaineddevon-energy-advice.co.uk
  2. smart tariffs for EV ownerstariff-compass.co.uk
  3. home battery storage in Exeterexe-valley-batteries.co.uk
  4. electrical safety checks in Devonwestcountry-safety.co.uk
Page closed to new links
Brief declined automaticallyCasino & betting is a niche we don't accept.
A page's link capacity filling up, and closing once the cap is reached.
Chapter 07Multi-Cloudflare & multi-registrar sharding

Diverse fingerprints and IPs across the network.

Diversity that goes downto the infrastructure.

Networks usually get spotted through the boring stuff: one registrar account, one hosting account, one set of name servers, one IP range. We spread the network across multiple registrars (Namecheap, Porkbun, Spaceship and Cloudflare Registrar) and multiple Cloudflare accounts, plus Vercel, for fingerprint and IP diversity.

You don't need to manage any of it. It's simply how the network is run.

  • Multiple registrars
  • Multiple Cloudflare accounts, plus Vercel
  • Fingerprint and IP diversity, managed for you
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  • Namecheap + Cloudflare A
    • exeterhvac.co.uk
    • concrete-bristol.co.uk
    • bristolhvac.co.uk
  • Porkbun + Cloudflare B
    • exeterdemolition.co.uk
    • exeterconcrete.co.uk
  • Spaceship + Cloudflare C
    • portsmouthhvac.co.uk
    • exeterexcavation.co.uk
    • bristol-demolition.co.uk
  • Porkbun + Cloudflare D
    • scaffoldingexeter.co.uk
    • portsmouthconcrete.co.uk
  • Namecheap + Vercel
    • bristolexcavation.co.uk
    • exetertreeservice.co.uk
    • exeter-electrician.co.uk
Multiple registrars and Cloudflare accounts, for fingerprint and IP diversity.
The network spread across multiple registrars and Cloudflare accounts.

Behind the scenes

200 sites, one registrar login

Multiple registrars and Cloudflare accounts

Part III

How agencies run it

08–10

Built agency-first

Resell it as your own.

Your logo on the client portal and your brand on every report. Your clients see your service, not ours.

Chapter 08Agency white-labelling & client portals

Your brand on everything your client sees.

Your clients see your service,not ours.

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.

  • Your logo and colours
  • Your own subdomain (coming in beta)
  • Branded placement reports
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The same client portal in ThematicLinks colours and in an agency's own brand. Showing the ThematicLinks brand.
The same client portal in ThematicLinks colours and in an agency's own brand. Showing the Harbour Digital brand.
The same client portal in ThematicLinks colours and in an agency's own brand.
Chapter 09BYO domain exclusive private commercial networks

Turn your idle domains into a private network.

Those aged domains in your registrar?Put them to work.

Point a domain you own at us and we'll launch a complete commercial site on it in minutes, then keep it running. No WordPress installs, no hosting to babysit.

It's exclusive to your agency: no other customer can ever buy a placement on it.

  • Launch on your domain in minutes
  • Maintained for you
  • Exclusive to your agency
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A domain you already own
oldcityroofing.co.ukLaunch site
  1. DNS pointedPoint it at us from your registrar
  2. Site builtOne service, one place
  3. LiveMaintained for you, yours alone
What launches: a complete commercial site, like this sample
bristol-demolition.co.uk
Demolition · Bristol — bristol-demolition.co.uk
An agency-owned domain becoming a live commercial site.
Chapter 10Agentic-first (standalone CLI & REST API)

Order from your own tools, or your AI agents.

Link building thatfits in your pipeline.

Order from your own tools; status and reports follow in the beta.

No email threads. No copy-pasting between spreadsheets.

  • REST API
  • Command-line tool
  • Live-status webhooks
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terminal — zsh
$ curl https://thematiclinks.com/api/v1/orders/ord_7KQ2M4/deliverables \    -H "Authorization: Bearer $THEMATICLINKS_API_KEY"{  "order_id": "ord_7KQ2M4",  "deliverables": [{    "live_url": "https://scaffolding-bristol.co.uk/roof-access",    "anchor_text": "roof repairs in Bristol",    "target_url": "https://harbourside-roofing.co.uk/roof-repairs",    "live_verified_at": "2026-09-03T09:12:00Z"  }]}
POST https://youragency.com/hooks/thematiclinks{  "event": "order.item_published",  "order_id": "ord_7KQ2M4",  "live_url": "https://scaffolding-bristol.co.uk/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.

The maths

Paying three middlemen per link

Paying direct, with no middlemen

Part IV

Why the margin works

11
Chapter 11Direct-to-source affordability ($20 to $50 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 $20–$50, depending on the site and topic. Resell at your own rate.

  • No broker in the middle
  • No reseller markup
  • Founding members get 30% off all their orders for life
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Where the money goes, per link
Brokered link
Site ownerResellerBroker
Three sets of hands, each taking a cut.↑ Your margin
Direct from ThematicLinks
ThematicLinksYour margin
No broker, no reseller: you pay the source directly.
Relative lengths only. No prices are shown.
Where the money goes: a brokered link versus a direct one.

Wholesale pricing, fixed before you order.

Placements cost $20–$50, depending on the site and topic.

Founding members get 30% off all their orders for life.

Price per placement

$20–$50

  • No broker in the middle
  • No reseller markup

How it compares

Side by side with what you're buying today.

No names, no mud-slinging. Just the structural differences.

Side by side with what you're buying today.
Blog-network marketplacesExpired-domain networksThematicLinks
Quality standardVaries by bloggerWhatever the drop left behindOne premium standard on every site
Type of siteInformational blogsRevived shellsShops, local businesses, job boards, directories, forums
PlatformMostly WordPressMostly WordPressNot WordPress
What the site is aboutWhatever sells postsWhatever the old domain wasOne topic, one place
How it looks to your clientAd-heavy, genericThin, datedPremium, purpose-built
Domain historyUnknownSomeone else's pastNew, clean, named for the topic
Outbound links per pageOften dozensOften dozensA small, fixed cap
Backlinks visible to competitorsYesYesHidden from competitors
Your brand on reportsRarelyNoYes
Your own domainsNoShared poolsPrivate, exclusive to you
OrderingEmail and spreadsheetsEmail and spreadsheetsDashboard, API or CLI
Price per linkBroker markup on topVariesWholesale, 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
    Shops, local businesses, job boards, directories, forums

  • Platform

    Blog-network marketplaces
    Mostly WordPress
    Expired-domain networks
    Mostly WordPress
    ThematicLinks
    Not WordPress

  • What the site is about

    Blog-network marketplaces
    Whatever sells posts
    Expired-domain networks
    Whatever the old domain was
    ThematicLinks
    One topic, one place

  • How it looks to your client

    Blog-network marketplaces
    Ad-heavy, generic
    Expired-domain networks
    Thin, dated
    ThematicLinks
    Premium, purpose-built

  • Domain history

    Blog-network marketplaces
    Unknown
    Expired-domain networks
    Someone else's past
    ThematicLinks
    New, clean, named for the topic

  • 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

  • Your own domains

    Blog-network marketplaces
    No
    Expired-domain networks
    Shared pools
    ThematicLinks
    Private, exclusive to you

  • 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

Founding cohort

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

  1. 1We read every application ourselves.
  2. 2A short call to understand your niches and volumes.
  3. 3Your first placements, 30% off, for life.
What describes you best?
Which kinds of links interest you?

Pick any. It helps us shape the beta around what you actually need.

Links per month, roughly

No card needed. We'll only email you about the beta.

Questions agencies ask us

Request beta access
Is this a PBN?

Not in the sense you're worried about. Every site is a real commercial website (a local business site, shop, job board, directory or forum) about one topic, built to one premium standard, with a strict cap on outbound links and no “write for us” page. Open the sample sites and judge for yourself.

What kinds of sites will my links be on?

Five kinds: local business sites, online shops, job boards, directories and forums. Each is about one topic (and one place, where that matters), so you can pick the type that fits each client and diversify their profile beyond blogs.

Why does “not WordPress” matter?

Most vendors sell links on WordPress blogs, so most link profiles look alike. Links from a different platform add genuine diversity, and our sites don't carry the plugin and theme clutter that comes with typical multi-niche blogs.

Why commercial sites instead of blogs?

AI answers are taking clicks from informational content first. Sites where people buy, hire, find and join keep their search demand, because people still need a roofer, a product, a job or a community. 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. It's on by default for eligible placements, and you can switch it off per order.

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.

Can you build on domains we already own?

Yes. Point the domain to us and we'll launch a commercial site on it. Only your agency can ever place links there.

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 $20–$50, depending on the site and topic, and founding members 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.

Do brand-new domains have any power?

Relevance on day one, and power that grows. We deliberately avoid expired domains, which Google targets under its expired domain abuse policy, and instead build every new domain's authority over time with cloud links, Web 2.0 properties, social profiles and press releases.

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 · Founding agency cohort open

Give your clients links they'll understand, on sites they'll be proud of.

Founding members get 30% off all their orders for life. Places are limited while we onboard agencies personally.

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