Is it against the WordPress rules?

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  aopinionatedman · Member · Mar 7, 2014 at 8:17 pm

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  I own my domain http://www.aopinionatedman.com and I recently decided to allow new authors to promote their books on my site for a short time. I am asking for a 25 dollar paypal donation. Am I breaking any rules that will get my site moderated?

  Thanks in advance.
  -OM
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  timethief · Member · Mar 7, 2014 at 8:26 pm

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  You are not allowed to post any sponsored content or paid content and you know that.

  You are not allowed to initiate any advertising contracts and rent space on your blog and you know that.

  You can ask/beg for donations but you cannot rent ad space on your blog and that’s exactly what you have already advertised that you are doing on the blog.

  Trying to do an end run around the no-advertising rules is asinine.
  Hire a web host and set up your own WordPress.org install.
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-it-against-the-wordpress-rules?replies=1

  1. Hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/

  2. Set up a WordPress.org install and equip it with a theme and plugins.
  http://wordpress.org/themes/
  http://wordpress.org/plugins/

  3. Export your content out of your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/ and import it into the install.

  4. Purchase a site redirect upgrade from wordpress.com
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/ or if you have domain mapping then update the nameservers http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/

  5. Transfer subscribers and stats. See http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/

  6. Set your wordpress.com blog visibility to private. To change blog visibility to private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3 . See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  6. Set your wordpress.com blog visibility to private. To change blog visibility to private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3 . See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  Alternatively you can purchase a Guided Transfer and Staff will do the move and set up for you http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

  NOTE: WordPress.com and WordPress.org have different log-ins and run different versions of themes with same names. If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there and receive advice from WordPress.ORG bloggers.

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  aopinionatedman · Member · Mar 7, 2014 at 8:30 pm

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  I did not know that is why I asked. Thanks for the quick response as always timethief. The posts have been removed. -OM

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  timethief · Member · Mar 7, 2014 at 8:33 pm

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  Here’s the comparison of WordPress.com to WordPress.org differences WordPress.com and WordPress.org WordPress.com and WordPress.org

  Here’s what gets a WordPress.com blog suspended:
  http://wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/suspended-blogs/
  http://en.wordpress.com/tos/

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  timethief · Member · Mar 7, 2014 at 8:34 pm

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  Oops! I forgot this link above Here’s the comparison of WordPress.com to WordPress.org differences http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  aopinionatedman · Member · Mar 7, 2014 at 8:35 pm

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  I get it, no advertising. So I won’t. Will the fact I even made that post be held against my website now? -OM