WordPress for static online store

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  ktsripetchva · Member · Apr 17, 2017 at 4:16 pm

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  Hi there,

  I am writing to enquire about my subscription options for an online store that is static – that is, the items are all being displayed like an online store (with an option to display the price) but without the eCommerce element of being able to order online and go through the payment process.

  I understand that you offer the following subscription options found on https://wordpress.com/pricing/

  I was wondering if I went for the Premium Option at $8.25/month, am I able to do this with the free themes available with this subscription? At the moment, the themes that I can browse seems to be more for blog posts as opposed to product listings. Please advise.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Apr 17, 2017 at 4:20 pm

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  As you have noted there is no secure payments system here at wordpress.COM, and you cannot add a shopping cart to create an online store to any sites hosted by wordpress.COM, regardless of upgrades, but creative cost-free workarounds have been developed and shared.

  Provided you are selling only what you yourself make or a providing service that you personally provide on a wordpress.COM site, or you are asking for donations you have two options.

  (1) PayPal – Know that the only instructions that will work for posting a PayPal donation button on a WordPress.com blog are found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/
  Note that the PayPal email link is not supported and PayPal customization options are not supported either https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/paypal-button-41?replies=12#post-2517229 This is not likely to be changed any time soon, if at all.

  Some bloggers create a contact form https://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/ on a page and after the people have made a PayPal donation they provide the link to a private page for downloading files. Maybe that will work for you.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/page-visibility/

  (2) If you set up an eCommerce site somewhere else online you can create a custom menu http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/ and include a custom link to that site in it. http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-custom-links

  If what I provided above at (1) and (2) do not suit you, then this guide will explain how to move your WordPress.com site to another hosting platform: Moving to Self-Hosted WordPress where you can set up a secure payment system http://move.wordpress.com

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  timethief · Member · Apr 17, 2017 at 4:21 pm

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  At the moment, the themes that I can browse seems to be more for blog posts as opposed to product listings. Please advise.

  We do not have any ecommerce themes.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 17, 2017 at 4:22 pm

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  I was wondering if I went for the Premium Option at $8.25/month, am I able to do this with the free themes available with this subscription?

  Yes but note that there are no monthly payment plans. We are billed annually and we must pay for all upgrades in full at the time of purchase after selecting a plan.

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  ktsripetchva · Member · Apr 17, 2017 at 4:22 pm

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  Thank you for this, so i would have to use something like Woocommerce for themes that support product listings?

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  timethief · Member · Apr 17, 2017 at 7:45 pm

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  You cannot run woocommerce on any site that’s hosted by wordpress.COM. You can only run it on a wordpress.ORG install on paid hosting.

  This guide will explain how to move your WordPress.com site to another hosting platform: Moving to Self-Hosted WordPress where you can set up a secure payment system http://move.wordpress.com

  This is wordpress.COM support. We provide support only for wordpress.COM hosted sites and our support docs do not apply to
  (1) local installs of wordpress.ORG software on your own server or
  (2) wordpress.ORG software installs on paid hosting, and we do not provide support for them at wordpress.COM.
  (3) sites linked to wordpress.COM accounts with the Jetpack plugin so they display on the My Sites wordpress.com account page.

  WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  wordpress.org support
  The wordpress.ORG support forum is at http://wordpress.org/support. The wordpress.ORG login link is here https://login.wordpress.org/ If you do not have an account yet then click Create an account https://login.wordpress.org/register/ and if you have lost an account password click Lost password? https://login.wordpress.org/lostpassword/
  WordPress.org support docs are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
  See also https://apps.wordpress.org/support/ for app support.

  Jetpack support
  Some Jetpack solutions are here http://jetpack.com/support/
  Others are in the Jetpack support forum at WordPress.org
  http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jetpack
  However, if help cannot be found at either one then they can file a Jetpack support ticket here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/?jetpack=needs-service