selling on wordpress

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  katiejones1word · Member · Jan 21, 2014 at 7:09 pm

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  I was wondering about selling my own creations from my wordpress site and have an e-commerce/shopping cart/drop down selections like the e-commerce widget available – can I sign up for the .com $18/year domain or do I need to go premium? I’m sorry if this is a dumb question – I’m trying to sell one item in multiple colors and I would be fine with using just a paypal button for now as I’m just starting to sell online, but I don’t know how I would make available the other colors in a simple and easy way other than upgrading. If anyone can help out with this that would be great.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 21, 2014 at 7:11 pm

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  Hello there,

  There is no eCommerce capability on free hosted WordPress.com blogs. If you require any plugins you will need to hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/ and set you your own WordPress.org software install to install them.

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

  There is no upgrade you can purchase that changes anything at all stated here http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/ FTP access, and plugins are available only for VIP bloggers http://vip.wordpress.com/our-services/ or for those with WordPress.ORG installs.

  NO reselling anything made by anyone else or selling an service provided by anyone else is allowed on free hosted WordPress.com blogs.

  For selling your own creations on a free hosted WordPress.com blog you must use this guide for PayPal
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/
  See also http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

  If and only if you are marketing only what you personally create or services you provide and you have a online shop with a shopping cart somewhere else online you can create a custom menu and add a custom link to it.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/

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  katiejones1word · Member · Jan 21, 2014 at 7:16 pm

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  Thanks for the extremely quick reply! So, in what way does the contact form help? I guess I don’t get that part other than someone can contact me with feedback on the item, receipt of item, and/or anything custom they may want, but it’s paired with the paypal information pretty much everywhere on wordpress support sites – is there something I’m missing?

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  timethief · Member · Jan 21, 2014 at 7:20 pm

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  Some folks communicate via contact form with potential customers prior to having them use the PayPal button.