Monetization of content

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  sarahliz1982 · Member · Jul 11, 2013 at 11:17 am

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  Am I able to monetize content on my blog?

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  ljkjklqljkhwhljkfqjhklfqjlkqjlh · Member · Jul 11, 2013 at 8:29 pm

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  Depends on what you mean by monetize. You are allowed to sell items that you yourself create, but advertising and affiliate links are not allowed. See the following for more info:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/

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  timethief · Member · Jul 11, 2013 at 8:30 pm

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  There is only one advertising program called WordAds at WordPress.com and it’s for blogs on their own domains. Aside from a blog being accepted into WordAds http://www.wordads.co/ no blogger initiated advertising, retailing or reselling the work or products created or services provided by anyone other than yourself is allowed on free hosted wordpress.com blogs. E-commerce transactions via shopping carts and the like cannot be conducted on free blogs from and being free hosted by WordPress.com. Paid content and/or sponsored content is not allowed.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/
  http://en.wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/suspended-blogs/
  http://en.wordpress.com/tos/

  On free hosted WordPress.com blog we can use a contact form and/or a PayPal button for sale of only products or services created or provided by ourselves.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

  There is no upgrade you can purchase from WordPress.com that changes any of that. If you do require an ecommerce site, advertising, affiliate links, paid or sponsored content you can hire a web host and get a free software install from http://wordpress.org
  Refer to > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/

  You do not have a custom domain. No blog without a custom domain qualifies for consideration into WordAds and having a domain doesn’t guarantee your blog will be accepted into WordAds.

  Note that we Volunteers answering support questions on these technical support forums cannot assist with any WordAds issues. You must contact WordAds Staff directly.
  Contact http://wordads.co/contact/
  http://wordads.co/faq/
  http://wordads.co/benefits/
  http://wordads.co/signup/

  This thread is tagged for closure as WordAds issues are not discussed on these technical support forums.