need information re setting up a shop

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    stressfreemanagement · Member ·

    i have two different wordpress sites. a free plan i manage and i have another site with an seo company which is my main site. i want to add a store so i can sell my goods online but i dont have a huge budget. i want to know what i need to do to set up a store and if its easy enough for me to do my self as the seo company that manages the site would probably charge me quite a bit to do it. i want to know if its worth getting them to do it so i dont have the headache of that. how long does it take to do roughly so i can know if they are genuine in the amount they want to charge me. i would provide all the content for the shop. also i am not sure what type of plan i have for that site. where can i go to check out the type of plan when i log in as they usually manage it all but i have the login details. all help appreciated. thanks heaps :)

  • staff-mckluskey · Staff ·

    Hi there!

    First of all, let me just explain that there is WordPress.com and WordPress.org, and they are two different entities.

    We, WordPress.com, are a cloud-based platform where we manage WordPress sites, whereas WordPress.org is stand-alone software that you can download and self-host with any other hosting.

    You can find more details about WordPress.com and WordPress.org on this support page:

    https://wordpress.com/support/com-vs-org/

    Here, on WordPress.com, you have a site stressfreemanagement.wordpress.com and it’s using the free plan. Now the second site seems to be a self-hosted one (using WordPress.org) so we can’t really help or advise anything about that.

    To create an online store here, you would need plan Business or eCommerce. Both of those plans would allow you to use WooCommerce. Here you can read more:

    https://wordpress.com/support/business-plan/
    https://wordpress.com/support/ecommerce-plan/.

    You can also use WooCommerce with your self-hosted site. If you need any help with that, you’ll be able to reach their support directly via https://woocommerce.com/my-account/create-a-ticket/, or https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce/.

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