Difference between .com and .org

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  craftedtravel · Member · Nov 12, 2016 at 11:04 pm

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  Hello,

  I am wondering the difference between wordpress.com and wordpress.org.

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

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  timethief · Member · Nov 12, 2016 at 11:06 pm

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  WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  craftedtravel · Member · Nov 12, 2016 at 11:11 pm

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  Thank you!

  Reading through what is offered, I did not find anything for e-commerce. Which would be better in that case?

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  timethief · Member · Nov 12, 2016 at 11:12 pm

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  There is no e-commerce capability here. There is no secure payments system here at wordpress.COM and you cannot add a shopping cart to sites hosted by wordpress.COM. See: Moving to Self-Hosted WordPress
  https://move.wordpress.com/

  E-commerce plugin options have been removed here at WordPress.COM. Secure payment systems are not available here at wordpress.COM. You need a wordpress.ORG install. Please read this https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/e-commerce-22?replies=17#post-2575955

  Provided you are selling only what you yourself make or a service that you personally provide on a wordpress.COM site you have two options.

  (1) PayPal – Know that the only instructions that will work for posting a PayPal donation button on a WordPress.com blog are found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/
  Note that the PayPal email link is not supported and PayPal customization options are not supported either https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/paypal-button-41?replies=12#post-2517229 This is not likely to be changed any time soon, if at all.

  (2) If you set up an eCommerce site somewhere else online you can create a custom menu http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/ and include a custom link to that site in it. http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-custom-links

  Some bloggers create a contact form https://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/ on a page and after the people have made a PayPal donation they provide the link to a private page for downloading files. Maybe that will work for you.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/page-visibility/

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  craftedtravel · Member · Nov 12, 2016 at 11:14 pm

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  This is extremely helpful! I truly appreciate your help.

  Thank you!

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  timethief · Member · Nov 12, 2016 at 11:15 pm

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  You’re welcome.