can I charge a subscription fee for parts of my blo

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  fingerstyleweekly · Member · Oct 28, 2013 at 1:21 am

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  If I have a business account can I charge a subscription fee for parts of my blog? I am a guitar teacher and I would like to post some password protected content on a subscription basis. I have registered the domain name through you and would be using your business package.

  Cheers,
  Michael

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

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  kraftbj · Staff · Oct 28, 2013 at 8:59 pm

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  Howdy!

  Yes, you can do that. We don’t have a system to handle the process for you, but you do that (via a PayPal button and passworded posts).

  Depending on your long-term plan, it may make sense to keep migrating to WordPress.org as an option. There are various plugins available for WordPress.org that can manage a subscription-based membership site for you. In addition to the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, and the costs in having your own host, most of the plugins do have a cost (one-time or a subscription themselves).

  Staying with WordPress.com may make still sense, but wanted to give you the head’s up. :-)

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  fingerstyleweekly · Member · Oct 28, 2013 at 9:27 pm

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  Thanks so much,

  I really like the professional look of WordPress.com as well as the ease of use. If I move to .org can I still use the business upgrade?

  Thanks for your help…you folks keep the world turning for us notsotechies.

  Cheers,
  Michael

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  kraftbj · Staff · Oct 28, 2013 at 9:36 pm

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  Hey Michael,

  Parts of it—namely your domain registrations, VideoPress, and the space upgrades for the videos. You would lose access to our support—that may be a dealbreaker.

  I don’t meant to run you off :-) Just wanted to let you know if it seems like more work than it should be to manage the subscriptions and passwords yourself, there is another option for “phase 2”.

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  fingerstyleweekly · Member · Oct 28, 2013 at 10:13 pm

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  No worries, much appreciated.

  Michael