Text link buying tips.

I recently bought about 1800 links from a decent-PR website. The links were all put up and the transaction went well, but man it was pricey.

I am considering buying from a bulk seller rather than an individual website owner, since the prices are much cheaper.

I've looked at a few sellers, but wanted to see if anyone here has had any good/bad experiences with any link sellers that they'd like to share.

I hope those 1800 weren't on one site (sitewide). If it was merely a decent PR and they were on just one site, it shouldn't be "pricey".

Its the other way around. Contacting sites individually is far cheaper than going thru a broker. I've gotten a sitewide PR6 for 2.50/month (about 50 pages - I bought 2 ads, both phrases are now top 4 in google). I've gotten other larger sitewides for 20-30/month. When you go thru a broker, you typically may a marked up cost (they need to make money too) - but they can reach deals with higher PR sites that you cannot so if you want high PR links, I go with brokers, but for PR4-6 I go to the site owners themselves.

Brokers make it easy to find sites to put ads on; but finding the sites yourself ensures both relevance and a low price.

yes...there are many ways of getting links. the link broker sites can have good deals and will save you the endless hours of searching and contacting people individually as mentioned above. just make sure you go with one's that have plenty to choose from and tell you where the link will go. linkworth.com - text-link-ads.com - textlinkbrokers.com are the one's that come to mind that are good.

you can also do the linkpartners.com thing where you actually swap links. many people don't like this method...but it can work if you set it up right. and this is FREE!