Linking to Online Store
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In my internet browsing, I found this blog that has a link to an online store: calabriataste.wordpress.com
They are Importers of authentic Southern Italian artisan foods and their blog links: GO TO ON-LINE SHOP AT: [link]
I have inquired in the past in the forum about what is allowed and not allowed in regards to products being offered on a wordpress blog. As I come across blogs like this, I like to clarify for my own understanding what is allowed. So obviously this sort of sourcing of products is allowed since it is not attainable in the UK or if the blog was in the USA, then it if not accessible in the USA, it can be sourced outside the USA, correct? Just making sure :-)
Thanks.The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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That is not allowed. In fact, thanks for the tip. I just reported that blog.
Using your blog here to sell things you, yourself, do not make is not permitted.
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Okay I am glad I checked. It kind of feels weird to alert you all on it–sort of like a tattle tale–residue from childhood I am sure :-)
But I know it is the right thing to do.
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The terms of service are the terms of service – we all agreed to them when we put our blog or site here even those that did not read them. You have been very careful asking about what is allowed, not many people do.
Many know that what they are doing is not allowed but a blog here is free and has great SEO so they set up a site and hope that nobody notices. WordPress.COM has worked real hard to the blogs here cleaned up.
Thanks for what you did.
Good luck with your project.
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It’s no big deal for them to get hosting elsewhere and export their blog into it. It’s better they do this sooner rather than later.
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I’m posting this so it’s here when it’s pulled out of the searchbox.
In a nutshell free blogs from and being free hosted by wordpress.COM cannot be used to drive traffic to third-party sites by means of advertising and/or affiliate programs (see “Affiliate marketing blogs below for more clarity”).
No blogger initiated advertising, retailing or reselling the work created or services provided by anyone other than yourself is allowed. E-commerce transactions via shopping carts and the like cannot be conducted on wordpress.COM blogs.
The only advertising exceptions are for high traffic blogs that qualify for and are accepted into the Ad Control program, and for extremely high traffic blogs that qualify and are accepted into the paid VIP hosting program.
http://wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
http://vip.wordpress.com/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/The only exceptions with regard to affiliate links are found here:
Affiliate marketing blogs: Blogs with the primary purpose of driving traffic to affiliate programs and get-rich-quick schemes (“Make six figures from home!!”, “20 easy steps to top profits!!”, etc). This includes multi-level marketing (MLM) blogs and pyramid schemes. To be clear, people writing their own original book, movie or game reviews and linking them to Amazon, or people linking to their own products on Etsy do NOT fall into this category. http://en.wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
If you have any further questions please contact Staff directly using this link. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/
If you do require an ecommerce site, advertising and/or affiliate links on your blog, you can hire a web host and get a free software install from http://wordpress.org Read the information at the link below to learn about the differences between free hosted WordPress.com blogs and WordPress.org software installs for self hosting. http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
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Well with all of that said, what if I have a curriculum that I designed and wrote, can I sell that off the blog as ecommerce or link it to a site that sells it on an online store?
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If you have any further questions please contact Staff directly using this link. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/
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If you wrote it, that’s a different thing. I sell my workshops all the time. But the blog does have to have more in it than just ads for your stuff for sale.
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