E-commerce

stumpingsa · Member · Apr 29, 2016 at 11:02 am
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Following post,

Is there an update on the release date for the eCommerce plugins as yet?

Thanks!
staff-doublebassd · Staff · Apr 29, 2016 at 4:18 pm
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Thanks for your patience, but there are no updates at the moment.

Rest assured that once I hear something, so will you – I’ll definitely update the thread with all the juicy details. =)

Thanks!
wendyb106 · Member · May 9, 2016 at 2:07 pm
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I’d like to keep following this post as well as I’ve just decided to try start using the eCommerce side of my wordpress.com business site. … only to find that it has been discontinued for now :-(

I’ve read up about linking to PayPal with adding in buttons with links to a payment page. I’d love to know how this is going for anyone using it as I’m probably going to try set that up for the meantime.

Looking forward to any update on WordPress getting it right.

Thanking you.
staff-doublebassd · Staff · May 10, 2016 at 4:00 am
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Thanks!

Will definitely update once I hear about any progress we have made.
mjtefc9 · Member · May 19, 2016 at 4:11 pm
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Sorry complete newbie.. was looking at using WordPress for hosting and my small business website and handling transactions.. can I not do this now?
timethief · Member · May 19, 2016 at 4:16 pm
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The answer is no and I already answered you fully here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-website-24?replies=5#post-2639548
mjtefc9 · Member · May 19, 2016 at 4:20 pm
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What a disgusting attitude.. I wont be doing anything wordpress going further due to your attitude.. I was asking for advice
timethief · Member · May 19, 2016 at 4:22 pm
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I provided this:

There is no secure payments system here at wordpress.COM and you cannot add a shopping cart to sites hosted by wordpress.COM.

E-commerce 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/

This guide will explain how to move your WordPress.com site to another hosting platform: Moving to a Self-Hosted WordPress Site where you can set up a secure payment system https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-to-a-self-hosted-wordpress-site/
mjtefc9 · Member · May 19, 2016 at 4:24 pm
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And as I said, I’m new to this.. and just wanted clarification
timethief · Member · May 19, 2016 at 4:25 pm
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If what I provided above at (1) and (2) do not suit you, then this guide will explain how to move your WordPress.com site to another hosting platform: Moving to a Self-Hosted WordPress Site where you can set up a secure payment system https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-to-a-self-hosted-wordpress-site/

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