Trade Backlinks
Trade Backlinks is a profitable SEO marketplace for buying and selling backlinks transparently. Founder JJ Englert sold it on Acquire.com in 2025.
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Exit Analysis
This database tracks 67 Marketplace exits, and the ones that disclosed a price sold at a median of $31,750. Category matters more than founders expect: buyers apply different discount rates to a content business, a mobile app and a B2B tool even at identical revenue.
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