Running Ads and Affiliate Marketing on Premium Theme Blog

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    sppackard · Member ·

    Hello,
    I signed up for a hosting site A2 and was using a WordPress theme for my blog. However, I found a premium theme that I would like to purchase and use instead. So I have two questions:
    1. Can I run my adds and affiliate programs on my paid premium theme?
    2. How do I point my new premium site to A2 hosting?

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    timethief · Member ·

    How do I point my new premium site to A2 hosting?

    Be clear on the fact that wordpress.COM hosted sites and any upgrades for them apply only to them. They do not apply to any other sites hosted anywhere else – period.

    WordPress.ORG installs http://wordpress.org/ on paid hosting https://wordpress.org/hosting/ such as other hosts provide and wordpress.COM hosted sites like http://thefrugalnistacom.wordpress.com/ are not the same at all.

    WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/ and know that many people get confused about the two.

    There are no monthly upgrade plans at wordpress.COM and our upgrades apply only to sites hosted by wordpress.COM, not to WordPress.ORG software installs.

    There is no FTP access to any wordpress.com sites. The only themes we can use on WordPress.com hosted blogs are licensed and adapted to run on our multiuser software the themes are found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and in your dashboard at > Appearance > Themes

    There is no FTP access to free hosted WordPress.com blogs for security reasons and we cannot:
    upload any third party themes,
    create child themes,
    create our own themes,
    edit templates,
    create own own layouts,
    or use stylesheets from other themes.

    See:
    Themes »Uploading Custom Themes
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

    WordPress.com sites have some built in plugins http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/. However, if you are reading anything that makes you think that we bloggers can install plugins, advertising, custom themes or third party themes on sites hosted by wordpress.COM, then you are mistaken/misinformed. We have never had that ability. You are confusing wordpress.COM hosted blogs and wordpress.ORG installs on paid hosting.

    Blogger installed plugin capability does not exist on WordPress.COM blogs and there is no upgrade you can purchase here that changes that reality. For that type of functionality, you’d need a self-hosted WordPress.ORG software install running on a paid web hosting service.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

    See: Moving to Self-Hosted WordPress
    https://move.wordpress.com/

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    timethief · Member ·

    This applies ONLY if you remain hosted by wordpress.COM where there is no bloggers initiated advertising allowed. The only advertising program at WordPress.com is called WordAds and it’s for blogs on their own domains that have enough traffic to qualify for acceptance into the plan.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
    http://en.wordpress.com/apply-for-wordads/
    https://wordads.co/faq/

    Please read: Monetize Your Site https://en.support.wordpress.com/monetize-your-site/ and note the a Affiliate Linking section as well.

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