
By Rebekah Bek
Product Marketing at Ahrefs
But behind the low cost lies a set of significant risks and downsides - with a potential permanent ban topping the list.
Here’s what you need to know before diving in.
Lots of risks, really. You might not realize it, but here are all the things that are likely to come bundled with any group buy account:
That’s just a taster of all the things that could go wrong, especially when you can get something else for the same price…
Why take all the risks above when you can get Ahrefs’ official Starter plan for just $29/month? ;)
Our Starter plan gives you a full introduction to Ahrefs’ toolset, with none of the risks and limitations of a group buy account.
Fun fact
You’ll have access to these Ahrefs tools:
Along with:
Here’s a quick comparison of how the Starter plan stacks up against our free Ahrefs Webmaster Tools offering, and our $129/month Lite plan.
¹ Learn more about what actions consume credits² Verified projects are projects that have gone through a verification process to prove you own the website.³ These additional 500 credits can only be spent for URLs within any of the verified projects.
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