plug-in and monetizing

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  jackiemoorewagner · Member · Jul 17, 2014 at 3:56 pm

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  Hello,
  I am trying to figure out how to add a plug in to monetize my blog. I am so confused because what I read says to go to my dashboard and on the left should be a plugin tool….I cannot find this to add Chitika. can you help me?

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  timethief · Member · Jul 17, 2014 at 4:01 pm

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  There is no FTP access and no blogger installed plugin capability on any free hosted WordPress.com blogs.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

  See here for a full comparison WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  There is no upgrade you can purchase here that provides FTP access and the ability to install plugins and or any third party themes. If you want FTP access and to install plugins or third party themes into a site then you will have to hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/ and set up your own WordPress.org install.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 17, 2014 at 4:02 pm

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  No blogger initiated advertising is allowed on WordPress.com blogs. The only blogs that can be equipped for ecommerce are those with the $299. per year business upgrade. http://en.support.wordpress.com/ecommerce/

  The only advertising program at WordPress.com is called WordAds and it’s for blogs on their own domains. http://en.wordpress.com/apply-for-wordads/

  Advertising outside of WordAds at WordPress.com is not allowed.
  http://support.wordpress.com/advertising/
  There are no restrictions if you setup a self-hosted WordPress.org blog instead of a WordPress.com blog, but there are some added responsibilities.

  Please see this guide to learn about the differences.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
  We have hosting recommendations at the following link if you are interested. http://get.wp.com/hosting/

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  timethief · Member · Jul 17, 2014 at 4:05 pm

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  P.S. This site http://jackiemoorewagner.com/ is a WordPress.COM free blog being free hosted by WordPress.COM. The only relevant support docs that apply to it are found at http://support.wordpress.com and the only relevant tutorial is at http://learn.wordpres.com.

  Whatever you are referring to applies only to WordPress.ORG software installs and ought to be ignored. WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate and have different logins, features and run different versions of some themes with the same names http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/