Rankar Academy · Product mastery
RankLinks course
Buy placements safely: vet publishers, order with escrow, verify what shipped.
RankLinks is the marketplace layer. This course walks browsing and filtering inventory, judging a publisher properly, ordering with escrow, and verifying the live link.
Campaigns, the marketplace, filters, ordering, the wallet, link tracking and the 30-day guarantee.
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Overview
What you will be able to do
- Filter marketplace inventory down to sites worth paying for
- Read publisher metrics without being fooled by inflated authority
- Place an order with clear anchor, target and content requirements
- Use escrow, disputes and quality checks to protect budget
- Track placements and report link ROI
Screen-by-screen learning path
Guides
4 chapters · 17 guides · 2.4 hrs of screen-by-screen walkthroughs
RankLinks flips the usual link-buying flow: you pick the site first, then build the order around it. This guide walks the marketplace grid, filters and site profile pages before you commit to anything.
Once you have a shortlist, the Compare view puts sites side by side on the metrics that matter. This guide covers building a comparison and turning it into a defensible buying decision.
The order wizard collects brief, content and payment in three screens. This guide walks each step and the fields that determine whether the publisher delivers what you actually wanted.
Escrow is what makes buying links on an open marketplace workable. This guide explains exactly when funds move, what triggers release, and what happens if delivery goes wrong.
Every submitted article, whether from a publisher or self-supplied, runs through a seven-point quality check before delivery. This guide explains each point and how to act on a failing score.
The Buyer Dashboard is the control centre for every order you've placed. This guide covers the status columns, filters and actions available at each stage.
For sites listed on RankLinks, the Publisher Dashboard manages incoming orders end to end. This guide covers accepting, delivering and getting paid out.
Every accepted order carries a visible countdown on both sides of the marketplace. This guide covers reading the timer states and what happens at each deadline.
Every order carries its own message thread rather than relying on external email. This guide covers where the thread lives and how to use it to avoid disputes later.
A placement can quietly disappear or change to nofollow months after delivery. This guide covers RankLinks' ongoing monitoring and what to do when it flags a problem.
Metrics on a listing can mislead if read in isolation. This guide explains where each RankLinks metric comes from and how to read them together rather than picking one number.
Agencies running several placements a month need more than the single-order wizard. This guide covers the bulk order screen for sequencing anchors and targets across many sites at once.
A sustainable link-building habit beats sporadic bulk buys. This guide sets out a simple monthly routine inside RankLinks that keeps a campaign moving without daily attention.
Publishers price placements across three tiers. This guide explains what separates Basic, Content and Premium so you're not comparing apples to oranges across sites.
RankLinks doesn't operate in isolation from the rest of Rankar. This guide covers the practical connections to RankWriter, RankTracker and RankOps.
Anchor choice inside the order wizard has consequences beyond a single link. This guide covers setting anchor type and mix deliberately across a campaign rather than defaulting per order.
Listing a site on RankLinks requires passing an onboarding review. This guide covers the requirements and the application flow from the publisher side.
Related Rankar learning
Pair it with an SEO track
This course teaches the tool. These tracks teach the strategy behind it.
Questions about this course
Risk lives in the site quality and the pattern, not the transaction. The vetting checklist chapter is the core of this course.
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What the RankLinks course covers
Buy placements safely: vet publishers, order with escrow, verify what shipped.
- Filter marketplace inventory down to sites worth paying for
- Read publisher metrics without being fooled by inflated authority
- Place an order with clear anchor, target and content requirements
- Use escrow, disputes and quality checks to protect budget
Chapters
Browse the marketplace
Learn to find and judge publisher sites before spending a penny.
Order and pay safely
Place orders correctly and understand how escrow protects the budget.
Manage orders
Track, communicate on and deliver orders from both sides of the marketplace.
Quality, routine and growth
Judge content quality, build a repeatable cadence and connect RankLinks to the wider platform.
Use casesCommon questions about RankLinks
- Is buying links safe?
