Making Revenue while on WordPress
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Will anyone share their experience with hosting venues other than WordAd, which I heard pays only a dollar or two a month for 300~500 views a day.
I would like to earn some revenue but want to make a smart transition. I have no money to spend and am apprehensive about creating an unnecessary headache for myself. What hosting company pays fairly and is known for a smooth transition. I don’t even know where to begin. Please direct me so I can investigate and do my homework.
I appreciate your time and community kindness.
Thank you, Fae.The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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I’m not an expert in regards to policy/procedures at WP.com by any means. And I’m a little scared to answer as I’ve gotten my head bit off before for answering questions. With that said, As far as I know, WordPress.com does not allow you to place ads other than theirs on your blog. If you want to accept advertising you will have to switch to wordpress.org. You can make $$$ from selling your product/services from what I gather (though I am still researching this to make sure of exactly what’s allowed). You can install a paypal button for your product/service which will allow you to accept payment.
like I said, I’m still researching this to make sure I understand everything correctly as I know that WP can shut down your blog for violating their terms of service.
Hope this helps. But by all means. Do some looking into it before making any decisions.
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I’ve answered this question a couple of thousand times (I’m not exaggerating, either). These are the ways to make money blogging on WordPress.com if you don’t want WordAds or don’t qualify.
You can use your blog as a portfolio to attract people who will hire you.
You can get hired by someone who owns a WordPress.com blog, and get paid to blog on that blog.
You can use your blog to write a book which you then get published and hopefully make money on.
You can now use affiliate text links to Amazon and the like to blog about products and make affiliate income. Note that only plain HTML links work, no ads, no javascript, and you are not allowed to put affiliate links in your sidebar.
You can use WordPress.com’s features and community to grow your readership to the point where it’s worth investing a couple of hundred dollars in external hosting and themes and move off WordPress.com to a WordPress.org blog, apply to ad programs and use their ads, etc. This will cost you at minimum $200 the first year, and there is no guarantee you will be accepted for ad or affiliate programs.
That’s it.
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Thank you MaureenLynne, you are so thoughtful. If you have more to share, you can contact me through ‘Contact’ on my blog. :-)
Thank you TimeThief, we meet again. :-)Dear RainCoaster,
I sincerely thank you for your time and knowledge extended to my questions. Please don’t laugh at me… I’m now more scared reading your explanation. They all sound so much over my head. :-(
Having said that, you have given me a good start to dig in more.
I figure I need lots of studying in this matter.I wish you all good evening! :-) Fae.
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Thank-you Fae, you are very kind.
With my previous blog, I was getting over 8,000 hits per day but only made around $100-150 per month with WordAds. not worth messing up your pretty blog with their ugly ads for a 100 bucks. imho.I do have some thoughts about generating revenue that I will pass on to you via your “contact” page of your blog.
best,
maureen
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