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Hi, I’m trying to set up a blog. Do I need to pay in order to have a blog? I thought it was free? Every time I go through the steps, it’s either pay for a domain or map to my domain but still have to pay a minimum of $3/mth. I thought setting up a blog was free?
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Hello @dcdigitalmediasolutions,
Of course you can avail a free WordPress.com site. WordPress.com provides a free WordPress.com subdomain, now to give you an example sample.wordpress.com will be the subdomain offered to you when you create a site with WordPress.com.
If you are keen on getting rid of the .wordpress.com part and use a custom domain name instead, for example: sample.com. In this case, adding a custom domain to your site requires a WordPress.com plan.
It is likely that you were directed to register/map a domain because you were persistent on creating a custom domain like I explained in the above paragraph.
I hope this clears the confusion.
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Hi There,
I am tagging thread modlook, for staff intervention and help with you on plan.
WordPress.com provide option of free plan please refer attached link to understand what all offers a free plan.
https://wordpress.com/pricing/
Free plan allows you basic blog posting for usages of plugins and other features upgrade is require.
Hope this help.
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Hi dcdigitalmediasolutions,
Do I need to pay in order to have a blog? I thought it was free?
If you want to set up a free blog, there are a couple of options for the address:
- A free WordPress.com subdomain (where the address ends in “.wordpress.com”)
- A free .blog subdomain
Custom domains are a feature of paid plans, so you will be asked to upgrade if you are choosing a domain with one of these extensions or to map an existing domain to WordPress.com.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
@mywritingmuscle @manisharaut2019 — thanks for your help!
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