How do you make money on wordpress?

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  jlh827 · Member · Mar 24, 2015 at 10:46 pm

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  Hello all!

  Is there a way to make money on this website? I’m not really tech savvy, and have been just getting the hang of using this blog and such and I was wondering if there are ways to do this. Is there a way per clicks that you get to your site…or having ads? Do you have to purchase the site? Also if I were to purchase the site and it becomes .com instead of .wordpress.com if someone still types in the original (.wordpress.com) will it still go to the new version .com?

  Any input would be appreiciated!

  Thanks,
  Jen

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  elzrjose · Member · Mar 25, 2015 at 9:11 am

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  Hi there!

  Yes, there is a way to make money on WordPress.com through advertising. You can read all about it here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/

  If you were to purchase a custom domain (.com) it will be connected to your WordPress.com address (.wordpress.com). So if someone types in the original .wordpress.com address, it will automatically redirect to the .com address that you’ve purchased.

  Here’s a helpful article on how to register a domain:

  Register a New Domain

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  kokkieh · Staff · Mar 25, 2015 at 10:14 am

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  @elzrjose
  Rather don’t tell users they can make money via advertising, as that ONLY applies to blogs with their own domains and WordAds. For most people, they can’t make money through advertising. Instead, refer them to this thread where @raincoaster gave a pretty comprehensive explanation of what is possible: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/making-revenue-while-on-wordpress?replies=6

  Also, in the tags you’ll see this is marked as a duplicate thread, which usually means another volunteer has already answered it, in this case @timethief, eight hours ago: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-you-make-money-on-wordpress?replies=2#post-2326406

  If you see a duplicate tag in a thread, don’t waste your time answering it, but rather move on to someone who hasn’t had an answer yet.

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  jlh827 · Member · Mar 27, 2015 at 12:35 am

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  Thanks for all of your help! I’ll check out all these links and if I have any more questions I’ll hit you guys up!

  -Jen