Upgrading Blog questions for advertising

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  joevsknight · Member · Jul 7, 2014 at 8:08 pm

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  I am thinking about registering my free WordPress Site into a domain and monetizing it. If I upgrade by just making a new domain, is WordAds my only option for advertising. It says AdSense isn’t supported yet there is a WordPress plugin for it. Can you please explain what my options are and what’s allowed? I’m kind of new at this so if someone could simply explain my options – and/or steps to take – that would be amazing

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  timethief · Member · Jul 7, 2014 at 8:10 pm

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  WordAds is THE only monetization option.There are no others.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 7, 2014 at 8:11 pm

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  The only blogs that can be equipped for ecommerce are those with the $299. per year business upgrade. http://en.support.wordpress.com/ecommerce/

  The only advertising program at WordPress.com is called WordAds and it’s for blogs on their own domains. http://en.wordpress.com/apply-for-wordads/

  Advertising outside of WordAds at WordPress.com is not allowed.
  http://support.wordpress.com/advertising/
  There are no restrictions if you setup a self-hosted WordPress.org blog instead of a WordPress.com blog, but there are some added responsibilities.

  Please see this guide to learn about the differences.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
  We have hosting recommendations at the following link if you are interested. http://get.wp.com/hosting/