Advertising on wordpress premium

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  dnbdojo · Member · Oct 15, 2013 at 4:47 pm

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  I’m considering upgrading to WordPress Premium or moving my blog to external hosting in order to get greater control over the look and feel of the site etc.

  Can anyone advise as to whether custom advertising would be allowed on a WordPress Premium site? I realise that advertising is prohibited on the free version but it’s not clear whether this same restriction applies to the premium subscription.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 15, 2013 at 4:49 pm

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  Not allowed – no upgrade allows it.

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  dnbdojo · Member · Oct 15, 2013 at 4:50 pm

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  Thanks for the prompt response timethief. Guess I’ll look at other hosting options.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 15, 2013 at 4:50 pm

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  See here for details of all 3 plans http://store.wordpress.com/bundles/

  Note that none of the plans allow you to run advertising or to upload your own themes or plugins. WordPress.com blogs cannot be equipped for eCommerce transactions. If you need a site that requires a custom theme or plugins — e.g., if you want to be able to sell things directly from your site, or if you want to install discussion forums — a self-hosted WordPress site might be right for you.

  You need to create an XML export file of your content. It will not include the theme as they cannot be exported. See 3 below.

  WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  1. Hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/

  2. Set up a WordPress.org install and equip it with a theme and plugins.
  http://wordpress.org/themes/
  http://wordpress.org/plugins/

  3. Export your content out of your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/ and import it into the install.

  4. Purchase a site redirect upgrade from wordpress.com
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/ or if you have domain mapping then update the nameservers http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/

  5. Transfer subscribers and stats. See http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/

  WordPress.org offers free software that you can install on a web server. You can upload and install themes and plugins, run ads, and edit the database. Learn about the differences here. http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/