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  sue178 · Member · Nov 20, 2012 at 4:21 am

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  Can i link to amazon books on my blog so that users can buy books ?
  Thanks
  Sue

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  timethief · Member · Nov 21, 2012 at 7:40 pm

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  No you cannot have an Amazon store.

  Aside from a blog being accepted into WordAds http://www.wordads.co/ no blogger initiated advertising, retailing or reselling the work or products created or services provided by anyone other than yourself is allowed on free hosted wordpress.com blogs. E-commerce transactions via shopping carts and the like cannot be conducted on free blogs from and being free hosted by wordpress.com
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/
  http://en.wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/suspended-blogs/
  http://en.wordpress.com/tos/

  On free hosted WordPress.com blog we can use a contact form and/or a PayPal donation button for sale of only products or services created or provided by ourselves.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

  There is no upgrade you can purchase from WordPress.com that allows blogger initiated advertising on a free hosted WordPress.com blog.

  If you do require an ecommerce site, advertising and/or affiliate links you can hire a web host and get a free software install from http://wordpress.org Refer to > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  sue178 · Member · Nov 24, 2012 at 9:58 pm

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  Thank you very much for this comprehensive answer! If I start a blog on wordpress.com without any ads (and see if I can generate traffic) can I later have it moved by a web hosting company (aussie based probs) to be able to monetize it? Can I keep all the posts etc that I have already done and just move the whole thing? Or is it better to just start with a web hosting company in the first place…what do you think? Many thanks!! sue

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  timethief · Member · Nov 24, 2012 at 10:06 pm

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  You can start blogging here. When you wish to move you then hire a web host and set up a WordPress.org install. Then you can move your content out of the WordPress.com blog and import it into the WordPress.org install.

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  sue178 · Member · Nov 24, 2012 at 11:18 pm

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  Thanks for your fabulous help!!!!

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  timethief · Member · Nov 24, 2012 at 11:20 pm

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  You’re welcome.