Degree of customization of each package

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  gemmaridgecounselling · Member · Jul 23, 2015 at 3:32 pm

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  Hi there,

  I currently have the basic (free) wordpress.com package.

  I am thinking about upgrading (to premium), but I want to get a feel for how much I can and can’t customise my themes within the different packages.

  With basic, you can just change the basic things like the text and the header picture right? It’s not possible to delve further in and move things around.

  If that’s correct I need the premium package. If I purchase this, am I able to make a website look exactly as I want it to look (in principle)?

  Thank you!

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

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  louisdanker · Member · Jul 23, 2015 at 3:42 pm

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  Premium gives you custom fonts and backgrounds, but as long as you are good at CSS you can do quite a lot.
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/css-basics/

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  louisdanker · Member · Jul 23, 2015 at 3:42 pm

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  And here:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/

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  timethief · Member · Jul 23, 2015 at 3:47 pm

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  @gemmaridgecounselling
  Please read this comparison very carefully http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  WordPress.com provides free blogs and hosts them free of charge. There are no bandwidth charges. All WordPress.com blogs come with 3000 megabytes (~3 GBs) of space for storing uploaded files and images. Free features are listed here https://en.wordpress.com/features/

  See here for details of all 3 plans http://store.wordpress.com/bundles/ offered by WordPress.com.
  Premium bundle details http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/
  Business bundle details http://store.wordpress.com/plans/business/

  Note that each upgrade applies to a single blog only and is for a single year only when it is due to be renewed.

  Read Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading

  Please read these carefully noting details re: purchasing the annually renewable Premium bundle http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/ that contains a custom design upgrade required for CSS editing: Custom design – Frequently Asked Questions
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-fonts/

  After purchasing the required premium upgrade bundle use this link https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/css-customization#postform so you can copy and paste your text into a thread that will appear in the CSS Forum where you will get the help you need.

  Also note that premium theme purchases apply to a single blog only and are for the lifetime of the blog while hosted by WordPress.COM, and the Premium upgrade does not include any premium themes. http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/premium-themes/

  Neither the free plan nor the Premium plan allow you to upload your own themes or plugins. More to the point is that WordPress.com blogs cannot be equipped for eCommerce transactions unless they have the $299. per year 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/

  You must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard and purchase upgrades at > Store > My Upgrades
  Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
  Your options for payment are found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/