Purchased WP Premium but still need to pay for Premium theme??

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  evileyepix · Member · Aug 10, 2013 at 9:46 pm

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  Hi there,

  I’m new to WP.
  I purchased wp.com Premium, but I can’t use the Premium themes. WP asks me to pay again for that. Does anyone know if this is normal??

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 10, 2013 at 9:55 pm

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  Which exact upgrades or bundle did you buy?

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  timethief · Member · Aug 11, 2013 at 12:21 am

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  The Premium bundle does not include premium themes only the Business bundle includes them.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/premium-themes/

  Premium — $99
  A custom .com, .net, .org, or .me web address, such as http://ourfabulousbusiness.com.
  Advanced customization — choose custom fonts and colors, and modify your CSS.
  Choose from over 120 free themes, with more options added every week. (No premium themes are included, but you can buy one at any time.)
  13 GB of storage space for dozens of videos and thousands of photos.
  Direct email support from our Happiness Engineers.
  See here > http://store.wordpress.com/premium-upgrades/pro-bundle/

  Business — $299
  A custom .com, .net, .org, or .me website address such as http://ourfabulousbusiness.com.
  Advanced customization — choose custom fonts and colors, and modify your CSS.
  Choose from over 120 free themes or 50+ premium themes, and switch premium themes at any time.
  Unlimited storage space for anything you want to upload.
  Direct email and live chat support from our Happiness Engineers.
  See here > http://store.wordpress.com/premium-upgrades/wordpress-business/

  Note that none of the plans allow you to upload your own themes or plugins. If you need a site that requires a custom theme or plugins — e.g., if you want to be able to sell things directly from your site, or if you want to install discussion forums — a self-hosted WordPress site might be right for you.

  WordPress.org offers free software that you can install on a web server. You can upload and install themes and plugins, run ads, and edit the database. Learn about the differences here. http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  evileyepix · Member · Aug 11, 2013 at 11:54 am

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  “WordPress.com Premium at 99$” and a domain name at 26$ but free as a promotion.

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  evileyepix · Member · Aug 11, 2013 at 11:56 am

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  @timethief. The 99$ version should allow me to “Choose from over 120 free themes”. It doesn’t. I don’t understand why.

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  evileyepix · Member · Aug 11, 2013 at 11:58 am

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  Err… I see that in “my payments” on WP, it says that I paid 0$ for the domain name, but paypal charged me… Well…

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 11, 2013 at 11:25 pm

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  Yes, it does allow you to choose from over 120 free themes. It doesn’t allow you access to the premium themes, which cost around $70 each.