New “Trick“ For A Free High-Authority Backlink And New Leads 📈

Good morning!

We have been quietly testing a simple tactic over the past few weeks that gets you a free backlink from one of the most trusted websites on the internet while also bringing in leads for your business at the same time.

It works. We have seen it work firsthand. And most business owners have never thought to use Gumroad this way.

By the end of this newsletter you will have everything you need to set it up in about an hour.

Let me break it down.

🤔 First, What Is Gumroad And Why Should You Care?

Gumroad is a platform where creators sell and give away digital products. Think ebooks, templates, guides, courses, and checklists. It has been around since 2011 and it is trusted by millions of people worldwide.

From an SEO standpoint, Gumroad has a Domain Authority score of 91 out of 100.

In simple terms...

Gumroad is the respected source in this scenario. A backlink from their platform is essentially Google seeing a high-trust vote pointing at your website. And that helps you rank higher in search results.

How This Trick Works For You

Your ideal customers are on Google right now searching for things related to what you sell.

A plumber's customers are searching "how to fix a leaking pipe." A business coach's clients are searching "how to get more clients for my consulting business." A real estate agent's buyers are searching "what to look for when buying a house."

👉 The trick is using AI to create a free helpful resource around exactly those searches and putting it on Gumroad. When someone searches that phrase, they find your resource, download it, and land in your world. They see your name, your website link, and what you do.

At the same time, because Gumroad is so well trusted by Google, having your website linked from their platform tells Google that your site is worth paying attention to. That helps everything you publish rank a little better over time.

🚨 Here The Trick, Step By Step🚨 

Step 1. Go to gumroad.com and create a free account. Takes two minutes.

Step 2. Open a tool like SEMrush or Ubersuggest and find a low-competition keyword related to your business or niche. You are looking for something your ideal customer is already searching for but that does not have a ton of competition yet.

Step 3. Use AI to create a genuinely useful free resource around that keyword. A checklist, a guide, a simple template, a quick reference sheet. Something a person in your target audience would actually want to download and keep.

Step 4. Upload it to Gumroad as a free product. Name the product after your keyword. Write a real, detailed description explaining what it is and who it is for. Then link back to your website naturally somewhere in that description.

Step 5. Enable public discoverability in your Gumroad settings. This puts your product in front of people browsing the platform and makes sure it gets indexed by Google.

That is it. You now have a DA 91 backlink pointing to your site and a free resource sitting on a high-traffic platform working for you around the clock.

The Part Most People Get Wrong

I want to be straight with you here because this is where most people mess it up.

This only works if the resource is actually good.

If you ask AI to write something in 30 seconds, slap a keyword title on it, and throw it on Gumroad, you are wasting your time. Gumroad actively moderates for low-quality content and will flag or remove it. Google is sophisticated enough in 2026 to recognize thin content and devalue the link. And anyone who downloads it and finds it useless will associate that experience with your brand.

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Talk soon,

Brian