The guidelines for ecommerce are a little vague to me. Please clarify?
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I am concerned that the way I’m using my blog may be violating the terms of service for wordpress.com
I’m using the posting feature, to stay within the guidelines of using wordpress as an actual blog. But my concern is this:
I am using my blog as an information center for people to learn about my photography, paintings, and games. All of these are my original work and design.
I have links that direct viewers to my deviantART gallery, as well as the page where they can order prints.
I also have links to my Society6.com store page which sells my art as phone cases and framed prints. Society6 is a valid company, not a scammer site.If viewers want to see or buy my games, I have links directing them to the store pages on TheGameCrafter.com. Even though I have designed the games, they are manufactured and sold by this company.
I just want to be clear that what I’m doing here is allowed. I really want to avoid having my account suspended because of how I’m using my blog.
Thanks
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The short answer is yes, this is allowed and even encouraged for original artists selling their own works. It is not allowed for galleries and resellers.
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I have written a book and would like to sell it through my wordpress website. Is this allowed?
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The short answer is yes, this is allowed and even encouraged for original artists selling their own works. It is not allowed for galleries and resellers.
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I just quoted raincoaster above. The only exception to the no advertising and selling products you do not personally create and/or services you do not personally provide and no affiliate links policy is found here:
Affiliate marketing blogs: Blogs with the primary purpose of driving traffic to affiliate programs and get-rich-quick schemes (“Make six figures from home!!”, “20 easy steps to top profits!!”, etc). This includes multi-level marketing (MLM) blogs and pyramid schemes. To be clear, people writing their own original book, movie or game reviews and linking them to Amazon, or people linking to their own products on Etsy do NOT fall into this category. Here is a thread in the support forums that talks more about which affiliate links are OK or not OK. http://en.wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
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Note you can use a PayPal button and/or a contact form but our free hosted WordPress.com blogs cannot be equipped for eCommerce transactions with shopping carts.
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