Selling ebook on WordPress.com?
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Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to review and reply to my question. I was wondering if I would be able to sell an ebook or two on my free account. They would be e-books I have written and not associated with affiliate marketing.
Thank you in advance for your help
-OneStayatHomeDad
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Please read affiliate links in https://en.support.wordpress.com/monetize-your-site/#affiliate-linking
There is no e-commerce capability here. There is no secure payments system here at wordpress.COM and you cannot add a shopping cart to sites hosted by wordpress.COM. See: Moving to Self-Hosted WordPress
https://move.wordpress.com/E-commerce plugin 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/
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They would be e-books I have written and not associated with affiliate marketing.
Oops! Sorry about that. :( I’m in Saturday morning mode and need to drink a coffee I guess.
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Thanks for the info @timethief! I appreciate the feedback. Definitely have a few avenues to think about. I’m just getting this blog up and posting a lot next week and wanted to see what options I had on monetizing. Thanks again!
No worries about the affiliate marketing bit either. I’m sure there are plenty of questions out there and your info will clear a lot of things up for others too. (Sometimes I’m in Saturday morning mode throughout the week… hahaha)
Thanks!
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