Help selling novels through word press
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I’m an author, who is not computer savvy. I’m trying to use word press as an online store to sell my novels. Can you assist me?
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Hi @kalikre,
WordPress.com isn’t suited to setting up an online store, it doesn’t really support e-commerce.
However, you can set up a self-hosted WordPress site, then use a plugin like WooCommerce.
There are two versions of WordPress – WordPress.com and the self-hosted version (WordPress.org).
The self-hosted version (WordPress.org) gives you the ability to install plugins for e-commerce functionality, but WordPress.com does not.
For more info on the differences between the two, please see:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/If you need help with your self-hosted WordPress/WooCommerce site, please try creating a thread on the WordPress.org support forums.
You’ll need a free WordPress.org account to post; if you don’t already have one, you can register here.
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Granted that there is no secure payments system here at wordpress.COM, and you cannot add a shopping cart to create an online store to any sites hosted by wordpress.COM, regardless of upgrades, but creative cost-free workarounds have been developed and shared.
Provided you are selling only what you yourself make or a providing service that you personally provide on a wordpress.COM site, or you are asking for donations 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.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/(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
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 Self-Hosted WordPress where you can set up a secure payment system http://move.wordpress.com
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