Bluehost via WordPress affiliate deal, second attempt

  • Unknown's avatar
    jenniferweidenholzer · Member ·

    Hello,
    Yesterday I wrote asking how to make sure when I sign up for Bluehost that I do it via WordPress so that they get the affiliate credit and I get the free help migrating my website from WordPress.com to WordPress.org. What I need is the exact link to sign up for Bluehost via WordPress. I thought I did this last week but it was NOT credited to WordPress so this week I cancelled it and want to re-do that, but the sign-up page looks just like the one I used last week.
    I received the answer below which talks only about paying for the site transfer or doing it myself and does not answer my question. I am doing all this because of WordPress’s offer to transfer it for me, and it is taking a lot longer than I can afford it to take. Please tell me exactly how to sign up for Bluehost so that I get the transfer service as soon as you can. Thank you.

    fstat wrote:
    Hi there,
    We have a paid service called Guided Transfer where we transfer your WordPress.com to one of our recommended hosts. You can read more about this service and purchase it here:

    https://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

    Alternatively, you can follow our step-by-step guide on how you can transfer your site to another host:

    https://move.wordpress.com/

    Post Link: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/signing-up-for-bluehost-via-word-press/#post-3371778

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    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

  • staff-zinnia · Staff ·

    Good morning –

    Do you have an affiliate link from WordPress.com? I want to make sure I completely understand the scenario in order to best provide help.

  • Unknown's avatar
    jenniferweidenholzer · Member ·

    Hi!
    I’m thinking it is this one
    https://www.bluehost.com/web-hosting/signup
    but I used that before and it was not credited to WordPress…

  • staff-blorbo · Staff ·

    What I need is the exact link to sign up for Bluehost via WordPress.

    We have: https://get.wp.com/gt-hosting/

    I get the free help migrating my website from WordPress.com to WordPress.org.

    We don’t have anything that offers that. Perhaps Bluehost does, but we’re not aware of it.

    What we do offer is Guided Transfer to Bluehost, but it’s not free: https://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

  • Unknown's avatar
    jenniferweidenholzer · Member ·

    Hi,
    I was told that WordPress is able to offer the free setup service because they are compensated by the hosting companies for each referral. So when I sign up for Bluehost via them, I receive free WordPress transfer service. Was that not true?

  • staff-blorbo · Staff ·

    Would you mind letting us know who or where told you that?

    It’s definitely not true, and if there was anything misleading on our end, we’d love to clear that up.

  • Unknown's avatar
    jenniferweidenholzer · Member ·

    I have it straight from the horse’s mouth in an e-mail from
    WPBeginner <(email visible only to moderators and staff)>.

    “WPBeginner <(email visible only to moderators and staff)>
    Sep 16, 2019, 5:52 PM (10 days ago)
    to me

    Wendy replied
    Sep 16, 11:52am
    Hello Jennifer,

    Unfortunately, your signup is not eligible for our free WordPress transfer service because we were unable to verify your hosting signup used a link from our site. This can happen for one of the following reasons:

    1. You were an existing customer of the hosting provider and created a new account.
    2. You clicked on the hosting signup link from another site and/or used a third party coupon to signup for your account.

    The only way we’re able to offer the free setup service is because we are compensated by the hosting companies for each referral. If you believe that you did sign up using our referral link, there may have been a hiccup with the signup link.
    If you believe that you used one of our links, please ask BlueHost to have your signup credited to the “mbalkhi” affiliate via (email visible only to moderators and staff) and forward us their reply.
    Alternatively, you can still have our experts set up your WordPress site for a small fee: $125.
    You can purchase the paid WordPress setup service here and let us know of your confirmation ID:

    https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=L7KN4U69TU47Y

    We apologize for any inconvenience, and we look forward to helping you get started with WordPress.

  • staff-blorbo · Staff ·

    Ah, you have us confused with someone else. We have absolutely no affiliation with WP Beginner.

  • Unknown's avatar
    jenniferweidenholzer · Member ·

    Okay, sorry about all that. Thank you for your time.

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