Link Marketplace
The Backlinks AI-opportunities list tells you where a link would move your AI visibility. The marketplace closes the loop: many of those domains are purchasable as guest-post placements, directly from the same page.
The catalog carries tens of thousands of vetted sites. What makes it different from a generic guest-post store is the enrichment: for your project, every site that AI engines cited when answering your tracked prompts is flagged with its citation count and — the strongest signal — how often it was cited in prompts where your brand never appeared. Those are the sites already shaping the answers you're trying to enter.
Cloud only
Ordering runs through Kitbase's marketplace account and payment processing, so the marketplace is available on Kitbase Cloud, not in self-hosted installs.
Where it lives
The Backlinks → Opportunities tab has two sides. Targets is the AI-cited-domain worklist — every third-party domain AI engines cite for your prompts, ranked by where your brand is absent; domains carried by the marketplace show a Buy button, the rest remain manual-outreach targets. Catalog is the full purchasable store below. (On self-hosted installs without the marketplace configured, only Targets shows.)
Browsing the catalog
The Catalog view lists purchasable sites with the metrics that matter for link building:
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Cited | How often AI engines cited this domain for your prompts, and in how many gap prompts (where your brand was absent) |
| DA | Moz Domain Authority (1–100) |
| Traffic | Monthly visitors reported for the site |
| Speed | Typical days from order to publication |
| From | Retail price of the cheapest placement format |
Filters cover domain, country, topic category, site type, link type (dofollow/nofollow), minimum DA and traffic, price range, placement speed, and "publisher writes" availability. The default sort puts cited domains first — gap-prompt count, then citation count.
Sites flagged with sensitive categories (gambling, forex, …) show a notice on their detail view; some publishers charge a surcharge for sensitive topics, which is included in the price you see.
Ordering a placement
- Pick a site and a placement format. Each format shows its price, link type, and the maximum number of links allowed in the article.
- Choose who writes it:
- You provide the article — title and full HTML body, at least 2,000 characters (excluding spaces), at most 3 external links.
- The publisher writes it — available where the site offers writing; you provide a brief and the writing fee is folded into the total.
- Add your anchors: the anchor text and target URL for each link you need placed (up to the format's link limit).
- Review the total and pay. Payment is a one-off card charge (Stripe Checkout); the price you confirm is validated against the marketplace at that moment, so a stale listed price can never be charged — if the publisher changed their price you're asked to re-confirm.
Unpaid orders expire after 24 hours.
Order lifecycle
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Awaiting payment | Checkout open; cancel any time |
| Being placed | Paid — our team is placing the order with the publisher |
| With publisher | Publisher has ~72h to accept |
| In progress | Accepted; writing or moderation underway |
| Changes requested | The publisher asked for edits — update your article in the order and we relay it |
| Published | Live, with the article URL; the 3-month guarantee starts |
| Completed | Guarantee window elapsed with the link intact |
| Declined / Refunded | Publisher declined — your payment is refunded automatically in full |
You're notified in-app (and by email for the moments that need you: published, changes requested, declined) as the order moves.
The 3-month link guarantee
Every placement includes link-deletion protection for 3 months from publication:
- Kitbase checks each published article regularly and verifies your links are still present.
- A temporarily unreachable site never counts against the guarantee — only repeated, conclusive failures do.
- If your link disappears, we first pursue restoration with the publisher. If it can't be restored, you receive a full refund.
The order detail shows the guarantee end date and the result of the most recent link check.
Permissions
| Permission | Grants |
|---|---|
marketplace.view | Browse the catalog and view orders (all roles) |
marketplace.order | Place, cancel and edit orders — spends real money (owner and admin only by default) |