> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.trysight.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Collaboration Network

> Trade guest posts, listicle spots, and contextual links with other Sight AI sites — settled in AI credits with built-in escrow.

## Overview

**Collaboration** is a peer-to-peer placement marketplace **between Sight AI customers**. Instead of cold-emailing strangers on the open web, you browse other Sight AI sites, request a backlink or content placement, and pay for it in **AI credits** — held in escrow until the host delivers. List your own site and you can **earn those credits back** by hosting placements for others.

Open it from **Collaboration** in the left sidebar (`app.trysight.ai/collaboration`). Like Outreach, Collaboration is **per site** — pick the site you want to list or request from in the workspace switcher first.

<Note>
  **Listing your site is free.** You only spend credits when you *request* a placement, and you earn credits when you *host* one. A single placement is intentionally modest relative to your plan's monthly credits, so collaborating never drains a meaningful share of your budget.
</Note>

The page has two tabs:

* **Collaboration** — the peer network (this page).
* **Free links** — a curated directory of free, high-authority third-party submission sites. See [Free Links Directory](/collaboration/free-links).

## How it works

There are two roles, and most teams play both:

* **Requester** — you browse the marketplace, request a placement on another site, and your credits are held in escrow. When the host completes it, you get a real backlink/placement.
* **Host** — you list what your site offers. When a request comes in, Sight AI's AI drafts the placement, you approve it (or let it auto-approve), and you **earn the requester's credits**.

### Placement types

| Type                   | What it is                                                                                 |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Guest post**         | A full article published on the host's site with a contextual link back to you             |
| **Listicle inclusion** | Your site added as an entry in an existing roundup or "best of" article on the host's site |
| **Link placement**     | A contextual link inserted into an existing page on the host's site                        |

## List your site

Until your site is listed, the marketplace is locked behind a **"List your site"** prompt. Click it to open the listing modal:

**Profile**

* **Display name** — how your site appears to other collaborators
* **Site URL** — your homepage (used as the default link target)
* **About your site** — a short description; this helps the AI write relevant placements
* **What you offer** — choose at least one of Guest post, Listicle inclusion, Link placement
* **What you're looking for** — optional; the kinds of placements you want in return

**Preferences**

* **When a request comes in:**
  * **Review each request** — the AI drafts the placement and adds it to your approval queue for review
  * **Auto-approve good fits** — the AI drafts *and* completes the placement automatically (credits settle without manual review)
* **Auto-publish via connected CMS** — when on (and a supported CMS is connected), approved placements are published to your site automatically; otherwise you get copy-paste instructions

Flip **"List my site on the network"** on to go live, then **Save**. You can turn it off anytime to hide from the marketplace. Once active, your card shows a green **Listed** badge with a **Manage listing** button.

<Tip>
  Sight AI pre-fills your listing from your existing business info, site URL, and cached [Domain Rating](#domain-rating). Review it, pick your offers, and you're live in under a minute.
</Tip>

## Browse collaborators & send a request

The **Browse collaborators** grid shows other teams' active listings, sorted by **Domain Rating** (highest first). Each card shows the site's favicon, name, DR badge, description, and the placement types it offers.

Click **Request** on a card to open the request modal:

1. **Pick a placement type** — limited to what that host offers.
2. **Link target URL** — the page you want linked. Required for listicle/link placements; optional for a guest post (defaults to your homepage).
3. **Preferred anchor text** — optional.
4. **Notes for the AI** — optional guidance for the draft.
5. Review the **Estimated cost** — the credits held in escrow now, **refunded if the placement isn't completed within 7 days**.
6. Click **Send request**.

A few rules keep the network clean:

* You can't request a placement from your own site or another site on your team.
* You can have only **one open request per host, per placement type** at a time.
* If you don't have enough credits, the request is blocked with the amount you're short.

## Request lifecycle

Every request moves through these statuses (track them under **Your requests → Incoming / Outgoing**):

| Status                | Meaning                                                |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Requested**         | Created; credits are being placed in escrow            |
| **AI drafting**       | Sight AI is generating the placement                   |
| **Awaiting approval** | The draft is ready for the host to review              |
| **Approved**          | The host approved it; credits are settling             |
| **Completed**         | Done — credits transferred to the host                 |
| **Declined**          | The host declined; the requester is refunded           |
| **Expired**           | Not completed within 7 days; the requester is refunded |
| **Cancelled**         | The requester cancelled; credits refunded              |

**As a host**, open a request to review the AI draft (summary, highlights, and full body). You can **edit** the title, content, anchor text, and notes, **copy** the draft, optionally paste the **published URL**, then **Approve & earn** the credits — or **Decline** to refund the requester. If your listing is set to **auto-approve**, well-formed drafts settle automatically.

**As a requester**, you can track status live (the queue refreshes every few seconds) and **cancel** any request that hasn't completed yet to get your credits back.

## Credits & escrow

Collaboration runs on your normal AI credit balance. The cost of a placement is a **base amount per type, multiplied by the host's Domain Rating** (higher-authority placements cost more and earn more):

| Placement type     | Base credits |
| ------------------ | ------------ |
| Guest post         | 150          |
| Listicle inclusion | 100          |
| Link placement     | 60           |

| Host Domain Rating | Multiplier |
| ------------------ | ---------- |
| 80+                | 2×         |
| 60–79              | 1.5×       |
| 40–59              | 1.2×       |
| Under 40 / unknown | 1×         |

The final estimate is rounded up to the nearest 10 (minimum 10 credits). For example, a **guest post** costs \~150 credits on a sub-40 DR site, \~180 at DR 40–59, \~230 at DR 60–79, and \~300 at DR 80+.

**How escrow works:**

1. When you send a request, the credits are **held** (reserved) from your balance.
2. When the host approves (or auto-approves), the hold is **settled**: it leaves your balance and lands in the **host's bonus credit balance** — a 1:1 transfer.
3. If the request is **declined, cancelled, or expires** (after 7 days), the hold is **released** back to you in full.

<Note>
  Credit transfers between collaborators happen regardless of your account's credit-enforcement settings — it's always a real peer-to-peer transfer. Earned credits land in your **bonus balance**, which never expires.
</Note>

## Fulfillment

Once a placement is approved and settled, how it gets onto the host's site depends on the host's preferences:

* **Auto-publish** (host opted in, with a supported CMS connected — WordPress, Webflow, Wix, Shopify, HubSpot, or a webhook):
  * **Guest post** — a new article is created from the draft and synced to the CMS
  * **Link placement** — Sight AI finds the best-matching existing article and inserts the contextual link
  * **Listicle inclusion** — Sight AI finds the relevant roundup, adds your site as an entry, and re-syncs
* **Manual** — the host copies the draft and places it by hand (the default when auto-publish is off or no CMS is connected)

<Note>
  Framer is not supported for collaboration auto-publish — Framer hosts place collaborations manually.
</Note>

## Domain Rating

Domain Rating (DR), powered by **Ahrefs**, appears throughout Collaboration:

* It drives the **credit cost** of a placement (the multiplier above).
* It's shown as a **DR badge** on every marketplace card so you can prioritize high-authority hosts.
* Your own DR is shown when you list your site — hosting placements earns contextual backlinks that can lift it over time.

## Notifications

Collaboration updates are delivered by **email** to your team's owners and admins:

| Event                                      | Who's notified |
| ------------------------------------------ | -------------- |
| A new request lands in your approval queue | Host           |
| Your request was approved                  | Requester      |
| Your request was declined (and refunded)   | Requester      |

## Plan availability

The Collaboration network is available on **any plan with an active subscription or trial**. Sending a request also requires the site to have an active license. The **Free links** directory likewise requires an active subscription or trial.

## Collaboration vs. Outreach

Collaboration and [Outreach](/ai-visibility/outreach-opportunities) both build backlinks, but they're different products:

|              | **Collaboration**                   | **Outreach**                             |
| ------------ | ----------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| Counterparty | Other Sight AI customers            | External publishers on the open web      |
| Mechanism    | Peer marketplace, credits in escrow | AI email agent that pitches and replies  |
| Payment      | AI credits (1:1 peer transfer)      | Credit-metered agent runs                |
| Setup        | List your site + offers             | Verified sending domain + reply tracking |
| Plan         | Any paid plan                       | Advanced                                 |

Use **Collaboration** for fast, reciprocal placements inside the Sight AI network, and [**Outreach**](/ai-visibility/outreach-opportunities) for pitching external sites at scale.

## Related

* [Free Links Directory](/collaboration/free-links) — free high-authority submission sites
* [Outreach Opportunities](/ai-visibility/outreach-opportunities) — AI email outreach to external sites
* [Plans and Pricing](/billing/plans-pricing) — credits and plan features