Increase Domain Rating Fast
"Fast" here means weeks, not days — anyone promising an overnight DR jump is describing a risky tactic. The fastest legitimately safe lever is adding real, relevant referring domains, and directory submission does that at scale.
What you get
check your current Domain Rating before spending anything
new referring domains at the Starter tier, a real DR input
directories to choose from, filterable by DR
the honest timeline — DR updates as Ahrefs recrawls your new links
How it works
- 1
Check your starting DR
Free, instant, no signup — know your baseline.
- 2
Add real referring domains
Directory submission is the fastest safe way to add dozens to hundreds of new, relevant referring domains at once.
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Let it recrawl
Ahrefs updates DR as it recrawls the web and picks up your new links — typically some weeks, not overnight.
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Avoid the fast-but-risky shortcuts
PBNs and link farms can spike DR briefly but carry real deindexing risk — see our PBN page for why we don't offer this.
Pricing
One-time, per project. No monthly retainer.
Starter
Submission to 100+ directories
- Submission to 100+ directories
- Handpicked, relevant listings
- Detailed submission report
- Email support
Pro
Submission to 200+ directories
- Submission to 200+ directories
- Everything in Starter
- Priority email support
- 15% discount on paid listings
Elite
Submission to 300+ directories
- Submission to 300+ directories
- Everything in Pro
- Priority email support
- 27% discount on paid listings
“Day 1 — no backlinks. Day 30 — 400 backlinks. Amazing tool, got 3 customers. Made back what I paid for and then some.”
Vikram Kumar — Associate Software Engineer, TechScale Solutions
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