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  mjtefc9 · Member · May 19, 2016 at 4:02 pm

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  I’m after advice for what to use for a small business website

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  mjtefc9 · Member · May 19, 2016 at 4:04 pm

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  I mean I’m looking at wordpress, squarespace and wix .. does wordpress charge for transactions? Is there a customer advisor I can discuss options with ?

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  timethief · Member · May 19, 2016 at 4:04 pm

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  See here: Making a Business Website
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/making-a-business-website/

  See also: 85 Business WordPress Themes
  https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/business/

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  timethief · Member · May 19, 2016 at 4:05 pm

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  There is no secure payments system here at wordpress.COM and you cannot add a shopping cart to sites hosted by wordpress.COM.

  E-commerce options have been removed here at WordPress.COM. Secure payment systems are not available here at wordpress.COM. You need a wordpress.ORG install. Please read this https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/e-commerce-22?replies=17#post-2575955

  Provided you are selling only what you yourself make or a service that you personally provide on a wordpress.COM site you have two options.

  (1) PayPal – Know that the only instructions that will work for posting a PayPal donation button on a WordPress.com blog are found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/
  Note that the PayPal email link is not supported and PayPal customization options are not supported either https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/paypal-button-41?replies=12#post-2517229 This is not likely to be changed any time soon, if at all.

  (2) If you set up an eCommerce site somewhere else online you can create a custom menu http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/ and include a custom link to that site in it. http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-custom-links

  Some bloggers create a contact form https://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/ on a page and after the people have made a PayPal donation they provide the link to a private page for downloading files. Maybe that will work for you.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/page-visibility/

  This guide will explain how to move your WordPress.com site to another hosting platform: Moving to a Self-Hosted WordPress Site where you can set up a secure payment system https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-to-a-self-hosted-wordpress-site/

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  mjtefc9 · Member · May 19, 2016 at 4:14 pm

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  Thanks.. so basically.. wordpress is no longer anygood if I’m selling goods? I’m selling my own product and wanted hosting and website.. and to put transactions through it ?

  SORRY COMPLETE NEWBIE!

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  timethief · Member · May 19, 2016 at 4:16 pm

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  Please read what I stated above because I already answered you.

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  mjtefc9 · Member · May 19, 2016 at 4:18 pm

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  Why bother with that attitude

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  timethief · Member · May 19, 2016 at 4:19 pm

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  There’s nothing wrong with either my attitude or my responses. I answered this thoroughly.