setup an online shop for a one person business
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My client wants:
• a booking system for classes (many people in each)
• her clients to be able to pay online (PayPal & possibly debit cards)
• videos & images
• contact form
• newsletter or blog
• affiliated websites (has 2)
• simple to useMy questions are:
• What actually are the penalties (if any) of linking to affiliated websites?
• Which plan does our client need for the development & hosting of her website?
• How do install plugins?
• How can the website be easily developed before signing up to a paid for account? (I’ve tried looking for the link to the trial but can’t find it)The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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a booking system for classes (many people in each)
No upgrade is required to post affiliate links. Affiliate links are allowed on WordPress.com as long as the primary purpose of your blog is to create original content.
Please read:
Monetize Your Site https://en.support.wordpress.com/monetize-your-site especially and especially https://en.support.wordpress.com/monetize-your-site/#affiliate-linkingSee also: Types of Blogs that are allowed and not allowed http://wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
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/For the ability to add third party advertising to a site 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/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/
If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG account, then click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right-hand corner of the page that opens, https://wordpress.org/support/register.php so you can post to the support forums there.
Resetting your WordPress.ORG password http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password
WordPress.org support docs are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
See also https://apps.wordpress.org/support/There is no secure payments system here at wordpress.COM, and you cannot add a shopping cart to create an online store to any sites hosted by wordpress.COM, regardless of upgrades. There is no FTP access and no blogger installed plugins are allowed for security reasons here at wordpress.COM.
Provided you are selling only what you yourself make or a providing service that you personally provide on a wordpress.COM site, or you are asking for donations 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.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/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/page-visibility/(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
If what I provided above at (1) and (2) do not suit you, then this guide will explain how to move your WordPress.com site to another hosting platform: Moving to Self-Hosted WordPress where you can set up a secure payment system http://move.wordpress.com
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How do install plugins?
There is no FTP access to wordpress.com blogs and no blogger installed plugin capability. Those exist only on wordpress.ORG software installs and no upgrade alters that reality. WordPress.COM hosted sites have some built in plugins.
No FTP access http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
No blogger installed plugins http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/If you require plugins see: Moving to Self-Hosted WordPress http://move.wordpress.com
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