What gets a site declined
A "write for us" page listing prices. Traffic that does not match the domain metrics. Categories with no relationship to each other, finance beside pet care beside casinos. Outbound commercial links in every post. Content that reads as translated or generated. Any of these and we pass, regardless of the domain rating.
Domain rating is a third-party estimate and it is the number this market is built on inflating. We treat it as one input and weight actual readership far higher.