2nd website

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  michelle0422 · Member · Jun 25, 2014 at 2:45 pm

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  Can I create a second website using the same account. I have a second domain name that I would like to create a website for the company.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jun 25, 2014 at 2:53 pm

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  You can create as many blogs as you like with your wordpress.com account. Just go to the My Blogs page and click the button that says Create New Blog. Just keep in mind that most upgrades are per blog, so if you want to map the new website to a custom domain you already own you’ll have to buy a separate mapping upgrade for the new website. Same goes for the custom design upgrade.

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  michelle0422 · Member · Jun 25, 2014 at 3:23 pm

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  Thank you. That does help. What if I don’t want my new site to be blog style? I need it to be more of a sales site.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jun 25, 2014 at 3:33 pm

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  It’s easy enough to set up a WP.com site as a static website, but if you want full ecommerce capability with a shopping cart and everything you will need the business upgrade: http://en.support.wordpress.com/ecommerce/

  You are still allowed to sell your own products through your blog without the upgrade, but you won’t have a shopping cart and customised payment options. Most people use a contact form for orders with a PayPal donate button for payments, or you can create a button or custom menu link to your Etsy story or whichever service you use. So it pretty much depends on what you want to sell and how you want to sell it.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jun 25, 2014 at 3:34 pm

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  Of course, on a self-hosted wordpress.org install you can add plugins to provide whatever ecommerce functionality you want, but you’ll be responsible for the hosting and maintenance of the site.