Collaboration requests on published articles

An article you published on somebody else's platform is an asset. Other members may want a link or a mention in it, and some will pay for one.

Published articles is where you register those and decide what you will entertain. Registering them is covered in pages you published elsewhere.

Two different things

Sharing an article for link swaps puts it in your shared list, and partners ask for links on it as part of an ordinary swap. That needs nothing on this page.

Opening it to paid and editorial collaborations is separate: sponsored placements or free editorial mentions, each with its own terms. The article's own page says so, and notes that link swaps do not need it because they go by your shared list.

Setting an article's terms

On an article's page you choose what it accepts and on what terms: the topics you will consider, the ones you will not, countries and languages, how many active requests you will hold at once, and how long you expect to take.

Requests already in flight keep the terms they were sent under. New ones follow whatever you have just saved.

You can also open it to quote requests, where somebody asks what a placement would cost.

Asking on somebody else's article

Find articles to collaborate on is the other side: "Articles other members have published and opened up — ask for a link, a mention, or a paid placement, and the author decides."

Filters cover the opportunity type, country and language.

A request asks for the page you want linked, the wording you would like, where in their article it would fit, why it helps their readers, and what you offer in return.

That fourth field is the one that decides the outcome. The author reads it first, and a sentence about why their readers benefit is a different proposition from a bare request for a link.

Money

Rankbench does not handle it, and says so: agree the price in the request itself, because payment is settled between you and the author rather than through Rankbench.

For that reason a paid request stops at the quote or acceptance stage rather than pretending a payment has happened. There is no pay button, and no way for a browser to claim a payment was made.

The publisher step

If you do not edit the article directly, an accepted request produces a confirmation link to send the publisher, valid for an hour. They see what would change and answer in one click. See when the page is published somewhere you cannot edit.

Tracking requests

Requests holds both directions: ones you sent and ones on your articles. Incoming ones needing your review say so.

Once accepted, a request follows the same shape as a swap placement: the wording is proposed, the live page is submitted, and it is validated and then watched.

Where to go next

Pages you published elsewhere covers registering an article in the first place.