Lifetime licence docs · for self-hosting buyers
Set it up once. It's yours after that.
These docs are for the $499 lifetime licence — the buy-once version you run on your own infrastructure. Your part is about five minutes of pasting keys; these pages are the entire setup, written from the real flow with nothing glossed over. On a hosted plan? You need none of this — we run everything, and your dashboard is at dashboard.rankbull.io.
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Set up RankBull in about 5 minutes
Buy → paste two keys → watch it install itself → write. The whole flow, screen by screen.
Setup & integrations
Convex account & deploy key≈3 minHow to create the free Convex account RankBull runs on and generate the project deploy key the installer needs — every click, plus the one mistake that causes almost every failed install.Gemini API key≈2 minGet a free Gemini API key from Google AI Studio and connect it to RankBull. The one required key — articles, analysis, and AI features all run on it, at your own cost with no markup.Optional provider keys≈10 minDataForSEO, OpenAI, Fal, and Resend: what each optional key unlocks in RankBull, where to get it, and what still works without it. Add them anytime — nothing blocks.Google Search Console & GA4≈5 minConnect Search Console and GA4 to RankBull through your own Google OAuth client, so your traffic data never passes through anyone else. Every click, every exact value, and the three errors that account for nearly all failed attempts.Publishing connectors≈5 minWire RankBull's article pipeline straight into your CMS: WordPress application passwords, Shopify admin tokens, Framer, and the signed webhook contract for everything else.Updates≈1 minHow RankBull ships updates to software you own: a one-click Update button, atomic installs that can't half-apply, and a fingerprint check that guarantees you get exactly what was tested.
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