What package do I need?

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  soothingtheseeker · Member · Jul 1, 2018 at 6:15 pm

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  I want to blog, sell my ebook, create a mailing list and use affiliate marketing on my soothingtheseeker site. I’m very new to this, what package do I need? Is it possible to do all of this using the free plan? Thank you.

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  torres126 · Member · Jul 1, 2018 at 6:33 pm

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  Hi there,

  1. Everybody can blog – no plan is required

  2. There are multiple ways to sell stuff on WordPress.com. You can use Simple Payments, which require either the Premium or the Business Plan: https://en.support.wordpress.com/simple-payments/

  Alternatively, if you have the Business Plan, you can install a custom plugin to sell things, with the most popular being WooCommerce. The Business Plan also has access to the Store feature: https://en.support.wordpress.com/store/

  3. The Business Plan may be able to offer custom plugins to enhance a mailing list, however all WordPress.com users can create a subscription list for free. Learn more here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/subscriptions-and-newsletters/

  4. Affiliate linking is allowed on WordPress.com: https://en.support.wordpress.com/monetize-your-site/#affiliate-linking

  Bare in mind that the code has to be supported: https://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

  If it is not supported, you will require the Business Plan to embed it.

  Hope this helps!