Understanding fees for themes and subscriptions

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  jjosephweaver · Member · Jan 12, 2017 at 2:32 am

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  Hi! I’m new to WP.com and I want to be clear about their fees. I see that I can sign up for a FREE account but by domain will include ‘wordpress.com’. So then I’m looking at subscription fees which makes sense. However, I don’t know is if all of their themes, free or ‘premium’, are all accessible to me regardless of what plan I’m paying for. If I’m a premium customer do I still have to pay for a theme that has a listed price on it?

  Thank you,
  Joseph

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  gemmacevans · Member · Jan 12, 2017 at 2:40 pm

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  Hi,

  I see that I can sign up for a FREE account but by domain will include ‘wordpress.com’.

  Your WordPress.com blog comes with a free address, like example.wordpress.com. You can get rid of the .wordpress.com part and use a custom domain name instead, like example.com. Adding a custom domain name is a paid upgrade; there is more information about it here:

  Domains

  I don’t know is if all of their themes, free or ‘premium’, are all accessible to me regardless of what plan I’m paying for.

  We offer two types of theme: free and premium. Free are available to everyone regardless of which plan they are using. Premium themes need to be purchased if you are using these plans: Free, Personal or Premium.

  The Business plan gives you access to unlimited premium themes at no extra cost.

  Hope that answers your questions!

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  jjosephweaver · Member · Jan 12, 2017 at 8:12 pm

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  “You can get rid of the .wordpress.com part and use a custom domain name instead, like example.com. Adding a custom domain name is a paid upgrade; there is more information about it here:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/”

  So to be clear (i’m not trying to come off as being dense), I’d have to purchase the “personal” plan at the very least to use my domain name that’s being hosted with another company. Am I correct?

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  gemmacevans · Member · Jan 13, 2017 at 9:27 am

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  Hi,

  I’d have to purchase the “personal” plan at the very least to use my domain name that’s being hosted with another company.

  If you own a domain registered with another registrar, you can map that domain to your WordPress.com site with a Domain Mapping upgrade.

  You will need an upgraded WordPress.com plan on your site in order to map a domain. This guide explains the process:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/map-existing-domain/

  The Personal plan would enable you do this, yes.

  Come back to me if anything is unclear.