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  henrykhchong · Member · Jul 29, 2013 at 8:50 am

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  Could I add HTML provided by Amazon as an affiliate store using the Text Widget? Or I should use other widget to do it?
  Please advice.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 29, 2013 at 8:58 am

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  No, you cannot ad Amazon affiliate widgets. It’s against the terms of service. Affiliate marketing here is essentially limited to things like book review blogs, and even there, to a maximum of one link per post and none in the sidebar.

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  henrykhchong · Member · Jul 29, 2013 at 9:05 am

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  So how do we go about setting up a blog for business? Most of the affiliate or associate programs would become “illegal” in wordpress.
  I am new to Blog and hope to get some advice on this. Any related books or articles recommended for reading?

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  mrdirby · Member · Jul 30, 2013 at 9:59 pm

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  I would recommend starting a self hosted WordPress site. Get your own url and hosting and you can install WordPress and have full control over the site.

  Here is the official description from WordPress http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 30, 2013 at 11:07 pm

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  Most of the affiliate or associate programs would become “illegal” in wordpress.

  That’s correct.

  WordPress.com is designed as a secure, turnkey blogging system. It is not set up to facilitate affiliate sales.