Can I charge through Paypal for helping people write their resumes?

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  writingresumesandcoverletters · Member · Nov 4, 2011 at 3:49 am

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  Hi Staff,
  I just read a great deal of forum materials explaining that wordpress.com blogs are NOT for affiliate/get rich/3rd party website referrals, etc, but that you may sell/refer to your own goods on Etsy (as an example). That’s great. However, I cannot find an answer to MY question. I would like to blog/explain how to write resumes and cover letters, and charge for writing resumes if customers would like to buy the service (maybe through Paypal?). I have found other people doing this, but after reading the forums I’ve decided to clear it with you before I continue; I haven’t even published the blog yet. Anyway, can I sell resumes I’ve created for people who need them–or is this breaking the rules? I am new, but I’m learning. Thanks much!
  rob
  Blog url: http://executiveresume.wordpress.com/

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  evarlese · Member · Nov 4, 2011 at 2:43 pm

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  Hi Rob,

  That sounds fine as long as you’re selling your own items :) If you’d like to add a PayPal button to your site, we have instructions on how to do that here:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/

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  writingresumesandcoverletters · Member · Nov 6, 2011 at 8:09 am

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  Hi Evarlese,
  Thanks so much for your Quick and Positive reply. You’ve made me very happy.

  Because I’m a newbie and didn’t think to ask–can I ask you a couple more questions that I’ve come up against for which I could not find answers on the Forums?

  1) I followed you PayPal instructions on adding a button (although I haven’t added it yet), and it appears to be a ‘Donate Button’ with instructions that I can change its appearance IF I have the script. I hope that means I can 1) ADD an “Add to Cart” button AND 2) a BuyNow button (as PayPal offers instead of the ‘donate’ button). Is this true–or does the button have to say ‘Donate’???

  2) Can I add other forms of payment at some later time?…such as by common credit cards: Mastercard, Visa, Discover, etc)???

  Thanks again for your excellent service.
  Rob
  Blog url: http://executiveresume.wordpress.com/

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Nov 7, 2011 at 11:32 pm

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  I’m afraid e-commerce isn’t possible here at WordPress.com.

  If you require e-commerce/shopping cart functionality, you might be interested in a self-hosted (WordPress.org) installation. There are no restrictions on e-commerce if you set up a self-hosted WordPress.org blog instead of a WordPress.com blog, but there are some added responsibilities.

  Please see this link to learn about the differences:
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  We have hosting recommendations at the following link if you are interested:

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