Upgrading to premium, posting links to amazon

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  petekennedy50 · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 4:03 pm

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  I have a WordPress site and want to upgrade. Will my existing posts transfer? Will my comments/followers transfer?

  Also, I want to post images of e-books and link to those on Amazon. Will I be able to do this with the premium service?

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  timethief · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 8:56 pm

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  re: Amazon

  We allow affiliate links on WordPress.com, including from Amazon.com, but you will not be able to use the Amazon widget on a WordPress.com site. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/amazon-widget-9?replies=3#post-1882814

  Posting of some affiliate links is possible, provided the blog is an actual blog and not just a storefront. Please read > http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/ closely.

  WordPress.com allows bloggers to insert text affiliate links within post and page content to most third-party affiliate programs, provided they are not the primary content of the site in question.

  Image affiliate links in posts and pages and any banners, affiliate links in sidebar or footer widgets, are still considered to be advertising and are not allowed on WordPress.com blogs.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 8:59 pm

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  What I posted above applies to all WordPress.COM hosted blogs.

  I have a WordPress site and want to upgrade. Will my existing posts transfer? Will my comments/followers transfer?

  There is no transfer involved in upgrading and existing blog hosted by WordPress.COM. WordPress.com provides free blogs and hosts them free of charge. There are no bandwidth charges. All WordPress.com blogs come with 3000 megabytes (~3 GBs) of space for storing uploaded files and images. Free features are listed here https://en.wordpress.com/features/

  See here for details of all 3 plans http://store.wordpress.com/bundles/ offered by WordPress.com.

  See here for Premium plan details http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/

  You must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard and purchase upgrades at > Store > My Upgrades
  Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
  Your options for payment are found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/

  Note that the free plan and the Premium plan do not allow you to upload your own themes or plugins. WordPress.com blogs cannot be equipped for eCommerce transactions unless they have the $299. per year Business upgrade. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ecommerce-is-now-available-on-wordpresscom?replies=1
  See here for ecommerce details http://en.support.wordpress.com/ecommerce/

  A self-hosted WordPress site might be right for you. WordPress.org offers free software that you can install on a web server. You can upload and install themes and plugins, run ads, conduct ecommerce and edit the database. Learn about the differences here. http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/