If you source links from both paper.club and purolink.com, one number decides how much you overwrite yourself: how much do their site databases overlap? We matched both catalogs on the normalized domain (lowercased, no scheme or www) inside our Backlink Pricing dataset.
The overlap
The two databases share 11,096 domains — 37% of paper.club and 64% of purolink.com. As a Jaccard index (shared ÷ combined) the catalogs are 31% identical, so about 69% of the combined pool is exclusive to one side.
Unique inventory
- 18,920 domains on paper.club only (63% of its catalog).
- 6,135 domains on purolink.com only (36% of its catalog).
Where they overlap, who's cheaper?
For the 11,096 shared domains priced on both platforms, comparing the cheapest listing on each:
On identical inventory, paper.club is the cheaper source 24% of the time (median $416 vs $282 for the same sites). The average absolute price gap per shared domain is $275 — always price-check a placement across platforms before buying.
Quality (Domain Rating)
| DR band | On both | paper.club only | purolink.com only |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR 80–100 | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| DR 60–79 | 14% | 11% | 11% |
| DR 40–59 | 31% | 25% | 29% |
| DR 20–39 | 42% | 42% | 41% |
| DR 0–19 | 12% | 21% | 18% |
Median DR: 38 shared, 33 paper.club-exclusive, 36 purolink.com-exclusive.
Geography
| # | paper.club | domains | purolink.com | domains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 7,340 | United States | 2,792 |
| 2 | Germany | 4,479 | France | 2,205 |
| 3 | United States | 3,811 | Italy | 1,854 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3,008 | Netherlands | 1,609 |
| 5 | Italy | 2,697 | Spain | 1,434 |
| 6 | Spain | 2,087 | Germany | 1,176 |
FAQ
Does "on both" mean the same seller?
Not necessarily — a domain can be listed on both marketplaces by the same publisher or different resellers. What's shared is the placement opportunity, which is what you dedupe before buying.
Is a bigger database always better?
No. Overlap, price spread, DR/traffic quality and geography decide value for a specific campaign. Comparing databases is how you buy the same link for less and find inventory a single platform can't offer.