Automattic acquires WooCommerce

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  adrienneadams · Member · May 23, 2015 at 5:05 pm

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  Real e-commerce on the way?

  http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/19/automattic-buys-woocommerce-the-popular-plugin-for-turning-wordpress-into-a-store/

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  timethief · Member · May 23, 2015 at 5:07 pm

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  That’s a reference to WordPress.ORG software installs. As far as we know in the here and now WordPress.com blogs cannot be equipped for eCommerce transactions unless they have the $299. per year annually renewable Business upgrade. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ecommerce-is-now-available-on-wordpresscom?replies=1
  See here for ecommerce details http://en.support.wordpress.com/ecommerce/

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  adrienneadams · Member · May 23, 2015 at 6:45 pm

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  @timethief I know that as of right now one cannot use WooCommerce for WP.com sites—and that the business upgrade only allows connections to third-party e-commerce services. However, this news could be a strong indicator that Automattic intends to add native e-commerce functionality for WP.com sites.

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  lizthefair · Member · May 27, 2015 at 7:52 pm

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  However, this news could be a strong indicator that Automattic intends to add native e-commerce functionality for WP.com sites.

  Several people asked Matt the same question on his blog when the announcement came out.

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  The short answer is we don’t have any concrete plans for WordPress.com integration at the moment, but its a possibility for the future.