What does the Business plan do?

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  bringeet16 · Member · May 14, 2017 at 12:00 pm

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  I’d like to start an e-commerce website, where I can sell and receive orders on a few products. Would I be able to do that with just the wordpress business plan? Or do I need to get a third party website to help out? I know some people who pair up the wordpress business plan with OpenCart. Is that something I’d need to do?
  Advice on the business plan would be great. Thanks!

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  hacchism · Staff · May 14, 2017 at 12:39 pm

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  Hi there,

  Paypal button can be used on WordPress.com: https://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/.

  However, there is no capability for e-commerce on WordPress.com. Therefore, if you need that functionality, it will be better that you move to a self-hosted website with WordPress.org: https://move.wordpress.com/.

  In order to know more about the WordPress.com and WordPress.org, the following support page helps you.

  WordPress.com and WordPress.org
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  I hope this information helps you :)
  Thanks.

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  themagicrobot · Member · May 14, 2017 at 1:01 pm

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  @hacchism There are changes currently taking place at WordPress.com. The Business plan (only) now allows uses to add plugins and external themes and woocommerce. These changes are being phased in and support documents are in the process of being updated. This thread adds confirmation from staff members: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/plugins-817?replies=13

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  hacchism · Staff · May 14, 2017 at 1:28 pm

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  Hi @themagicrobot,

  I really appreciate the information you provided. I didn’t know that at all. However, this is such a wonderful news!!

  Thanks always.