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  fashionoutlaws · Member · Jan 1, 2015 at 5:41 pm

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  Hi there, I recently bought a theme online and I want to install it on to my wordpress although I do not see the option to install themes?

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Jan 3, 2015 at 4:42 pm

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  Hi!

  Themes can’t be uploaded to sites hosted on WordPress.com. They can only be uploaded to self-hosted blogs running on WordPress.org software. You can read more about the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org here:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  We offer over 300 themes, both free themes and premium themes created by leading theme companies. You can view all of our themes and filter them by specific criteria here:

  http://theme.wordpress.com/

  Can you let me know what theme you purchased so I can help find a comparable theme at WordPress.com?

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  fashionoutlaws · Member · Jan 3, 2015 at 6:13 pm

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  Hi I used the theme Fame, my site host is bluehost where I have installed WordPress. I’m now having a bit of trouble customising the theme.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Jan 3, 2015 at 6:42 pm

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  Thanks for the additional info! It looks like Fame is an ecommerce-oriented site designed to help you sell items. Is that going to be the primary purpose of your WordPress.com site or will your site be more blogging-related?

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  fashionoutlaws · Member · Jan 4, 2015 at 12:07 am

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  hey, it’s a bit of both actually

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Jan 5, 2015 at 2:59 pm

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  Thanks for clarifying! So, in order to setup eCommerce on WordPress.com, you would need to purchase the Business bundle as explained here:

  Sell Online on WordPress.com

  Then, you can setup one of our options (Ecwid or Shopify). Alternatively, you could setup a PayPal button directly on your site (Business bundle not required):

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal

  Would either of those options work?

  As for themes, I think the Business-oriented themes will best fit what you’re looking for. You can browse them here:

  http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/search/business/

  For example, something like Goran might work well:

  http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/goran/