ecommerce
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Hi,
I currently have a WordPress self-hosted e-commerce site and I was wondering how easy it would be to transfer over to your business plan. We currently use Mail-chimp and pay-pal. Can we use these with the business site? Also, does the fee include hosting? And is it unlimited as we have had a few issues in the past with our site crashing due to reaching our bandwidth limit.
Lastly, will it be easy in the future to transfer our account back to self-hosting if we choose?
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Upgrades apply to sites; they do not apply to accounts. You need to register a wordpress.COM site first and then purchase the upgrade.
Please read first:
Important Notes Before Upgrading https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgradingre: mapping an existing domain
WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers but mapping an existing domain is possible. If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the WordPress.COM blog, and as you own a domain URL already, you can see here for mapping an existing domain. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/You can register as many blogs as you want to under the same username account and associated email address.
https://en.wordpress.com/signup/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
WordPress.com Business users can integrate eCommerce features in their site by using one of our eCommerce partners. If you have a store at Ecwid, Shopify or Gumroad, you can showcase and sell your products on your WordPress.com site. https://en.support.wordpress.com/ecommerce/
Business bundle details are here http://store.wordpress.com/plans/business/
Note that each upgrade bundle applies to a single blog only and is for a single year only when it is due to be renewed. There are no discounts based on non-profit status or any discriminatory factors and invoices or purchase orders are not accepted. See here for payment methods https://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/
We all pay in full for every upgrade at the time of purchase. Make sure you read the comparison very closely do you know exactly what the restrictions and limitations on WordPress.COM blogging are: http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
Read Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading
Every WordPress.COM blog has a sole owner. It is the person with the WordPress.COM username account who registered the blog under that username account and a single associated email address, and who is the original Admin of the blogs registered under that username account.
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 > Dashboard> Store > My Upgrades
https://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
https://en.support.wordpress.com/billing-history/Your only options for payment are found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/
You cannot use the MailChimp embed code or the Aweber embed code and cannot create a pop-up on a wordpress.COM hosted blog. You can create a sign up page on MailChimp or on Aweber only and link to it.
If you want to use MailChimp with your WordPress.com site here’s the info from MailChimp Support http://kb.mailchimp.com/article/how-to-add-a-mailchimp-signup-form-to-your-wordpress-blog
For answers to any further questions you have about the Business plan, please post the questions into this thread, and then type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for a Staff response. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Please subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.
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Also, does the fee include hosting? And is it unlimited as we have had a few issues in the past with our site crashing due to reaching our bandwidth limit.
Yes and bandwidth is unlimited.
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Lastly, will it be easy in the future to transfer our account back to self-hosting if we choose?
Yes. See here Moving to a Self-Hosted WordPress Site
https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-to-a-self-hosted-wordpress-site/
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