I bought a premium theme, can I use it on wordpress.com

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  slimmerdiet · Member · Jul 26, 2012 at 8:37 pm

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  Hi,

  I bought a premium theme (http://themeforest.net/item/flare-responsive-business-portfolio-wp-theme/full_screen_preview/1969512).

  Can I use this on wordpress.com or do i need to go self-hosted?

  (FYI I have a wordpress site already but that is a personal site, this is going to be for my business).

  Thanks so much,

  Jen

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  supportbot · Member · Jul 26, 2012 at 8:37 pm

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  timethief · Member · Jul 26, 2012 at 8:46 pm

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  There is no FTP access to free hosted WordPress.com blogs and we cannot upload third party themes or edit templates or themes. Those found on the internet are for WordPress.ORG installs which run on different software.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

  There is no upgrade you can purchase from WordPress.com that changes anything stated here http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/ and restated again here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/#important-notes-before-upgrading