LaunchRanked

Marketplace · for publishers

Get paid for the traffic your blog already has.

We match an advertiser to your niche, write a full article for your blog in your tone, and mention them once, with a link marked sponsored. Every article that goes live pays you $1 per Domain Rating point.

Free to join. No subscription. Advertiser booking opens soon, and blogs that qualify are first in line.

  • A full article on a topic people search for, not a link drop.
  • Advertisers matched to your niche and language. No hunting, no emails.
  • Your Domain Rating is your rate: a DR 45 blog earns $45 an article.

What your blog could earn

$180a month

$2,160 a year at this pace · $45 per article

DR 45
DR 30DR 90
Articles a month

$1 per DR point for every article that goes live. How many you get depends on advertisers in your niche: this is the most you’d earn at that pace, not a promise.

How it works

Set it up once. We do the rest.

No drafts to write, no advertisers to find, no emails to answer.

  1. 01

    Connect your blog

    Add your site, connect your blog and give our Search Console user read-only access. We check right away whether your blog qualifies. Supported: WordPress, WordPress.com, Webflow, Ghost, Shopify, Wix, Notion, Framer, GitHub, any site through a webhook, or our Next.js blog.
  2. 02

    We write the article

    When an advertiser fits your niche and language, we pick a topic your blog doesn't rank for yet and write a full article in your tone, linking to your own posts. The advertiser gets one section, with one sponsored link.
  3. 03

    It goes live and you get paid

    In review mode it waits for your yes. Once it's live we check the link and the Sponsored label, and 14 days later the payment is due. We pay by PayPal or Wise in the first week of each month.
Every link marked sponsored

Google’s spam policies call paid links that pass ranking link spam, and the blog that sells them can lose rankings along with the site that buys them. A paid link marked rel="sponsored" is allowed. So every advertiser link we place is marked sponsored and every article says it’s sponsored. Your blog keeps its standing, and the article stays up working for you after it’s paid.

  • A real article

    On a topic your readers search for, in your voice.

  • One link, sponsored

    Exactly one advertiser link, marked rel="sponsored".

  • Labelled for readers

    A Sponsored label at the top of the article.

  • Your pages first

    Links to your own posts, and no topic that competes with them.

Who can join

What your blog needs

We check all of it for you as soon as you add your blog.

  • Domain Rating 30+From Ahrefs. It sets your rate.
  • 50+ clicks from Google in 28 daysFrom your Search Console.
  • 3+ months of Search Console dataSo we can see the topics you already rank for.
  • A blog on your own domainNot a free subdomain like yourname.wordpress.com or yourname.substack.com.
  • Your blog connected to LaunchRankedSo we can publish the article. Any platform we support.
  • A PayPal or Wise accountWhere your payouts go.

Your controls

You stay in charge of your blog

  • Review mode, on by defaultEvery article waits for your yes. Read it, then approve or decline it. Declining costs you nothing.
  • A monthly limit2, 4, 8 or 12 articles a month at most. You pick.
  • Pause any timeOne switch stops new placements. Articles already live keep earning and get paid as usual.
  • Your topics stay yoursWe skip any topic that's close to something you already rank for, using your Search Console data.

FAQ

Publisher questions

Anything else? Email hello@launchranked.com.

What exactly appears on my blog?

A complete new article written for your blog: your tone, your image style, links to your own posts. It's labelled Sponsored at the top. The advertiser gets one section of it, about what they do, with exactly one link, marked rel="sponsored".

Do I write or edit anything?

No. We write the article from your blog's profile (topic, audience, tone), which you can edit. Review mode is on by default, so nothing publishes until you say yes; you can turn it off and let articles publish on their own.

Why are the links sponsored and not followed?

Google's spam policies count paid links that pass ranking as link spam, and both the blog that sells them and the site that buys them can lose rankings for it. Paid links marked rel="sponsored" are allowed. So every advertiser link we place is marked sponsored, and every article says it's sponsored. Advertisers pay for a relevant mention, readers and AI answers, not for a ranking signal.

Will this hurt my rankings?

We pick topics your blog doesn't already rank for, from your own Search Console data, so an article never competes with your pages. Every advertiser link is marked sponsored, as Google asks, and you set the pace (2, 4, 8 or 12 articles a month at most). Still, nobody can promise anything about Google's algorithms, and we don't.

How and when do I get paid?

$1 per Domain Rating point for every article published on your blog, at your DR when it goes live: a DR 30 blog earns $30 an article, a DR 60 blog $60. When an article is live we check its link and label. The payment is due 14 days later, and we pay everything that's due in the first week of each month, by PayPal or Wise. No invoices.

What happens if a link comes down?

We check each article's link and Sponsored label for 90 days. If either is removed or changed, we email you and you have 7 days to put it back. If it doesn't come back, the advertiser gets a refund and that article doesn't pay; if it was already paid, we take it off your next payout.

How many placements will I get?

There's no guaranteed minimum: advertisers in your niche and language set the volume, and your monthly limit sets the ceiling. We're signing up publishers first. Advertiser booking opens soon, and blogs that qualify are first in line.

Do I need a LaunchRanked subscription?

No. Joining as a publisher is free. You need a blog that qualifies, read access to its Search Console, a connected blog and a PayPal or Wise account.

Which blogs are supported?

WordPress, WordPress.com, Webflow, Ghost, Shopify, Wix, Notion, Framer, GitHub, any site through a webhook, or our Next.js blog. You connect it once, in your site's settings.

How do you check my blog?

Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs. Clicks and history come from your own Search Console: you add our Search Console user to your property with read-only access, and you can remove it any time. We look at the last 28 days for clicks (50+) and how far back your data goes (about 3 months). Not there yet? Press Check again on your dashboard any time. It also checks again on its own once a week, when you open it.

Free to join

See if your blog qualifies.

Add your blog and we check its Domain Rating, Search Console clicks and history in about a minute. $1 per DR point for every article that goes live.

Publisher terms

Version 2026-10-30. These add to our terms of service.

1. Joining

You must be 18 or older and own or run the blog you add. Joining is free. We may decline any blog or any article, and remove a blog from the marketplace, at our discretion.

2. What we publish

Articles we write for your blog, each with a Sponsored label and exactly one advertiser link marked rel="sponsored". In review mode an article publishes only after you approve it. Keep the label and the link as published: removing the label, or changing the link to a followed one, breaks these terms and voids that article’s payment.

3. Pay

You earn $1 per point of your blog’s Ahrefs Domain Rating, measured when the article goes live, for each article that goes live and passes our link check. A payment is due 14 days after that check. We pay everything due in the first week of each month, in US dollars, by PayPal or Wise. You’re responsible for your taxes, and we may ask for tax details before paying.

4. Removed or changed links

We check each article’s link and label for 90 days after it goes live. If either is removed or changed, we’ll email you and you have 7 days to restore it. If it isn’t restored, the advertiser is refunded and the article doesn’t pay; if we already paid for it, we deduct it from your next payout.

5. The article

The article stays on your blog. Keep it up, with its label and link, for at least 90 days. After that it’s yours to keep or change.

6. Changes and leaving

We may change these terms or the rate with 30 days’ notice; articles already live keep the terms they went live under. You can pause placements or take your blog off the marketplace any time from your dashboard (a blog we’ve declined stays on our list), or by emailing hello@launchranked.com.