WordPress Upgrade Plan – Premium

ziabushra · Member · Mar 27, 2016 at 10:10 am
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Hello.

I have recently launched my wordpress blog/website at https://oceanpearlbooks.wordpress.com/. OceanPearl Books endeavors to bring book reviewers (child and adult), authors, books and more in one place.

I would like to upgrade my plan to Premium. I am operating from Pakistan. Unfortunately, the credit card information does not provide Pakistan as a listed country.

Thank you for your help.

Best Regards,
Bushra Zia

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elzrjose · Member · Mar 27, 2016 at 1:25 pm
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Hi there!

Unfortunately, there are some countries that PayPal will not accept payments from. If you have a credit or debit card registered to an address in one of those countries, you will be unable to use it to pay.

Note: PayPal is the payment processor of WordPress.com whether you use a credit card, debit card or PayPal for the payment.

Some options include paying with a card registered to an address in a country that PayPal does accept, or having a friend or colleague in another country complete the purchase for you.

Here’s the support page for payments:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/

Here’s timethief’s reply: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/pakistan-not-listed-for-payment?replies=2
ziabushra · Member · Mar 27, 2016 at 9:53 pm
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Hello.

Thank you for your help. Do you think wordpress will consider other than paypal subscribers?

Best Regards,
Bushra Zia
timethief · Member · Mar 27, 2016 at 9:57 pm
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No. The only means of payment accepted are here http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/
You can buy a prepaid credit card from an approved country.
ziabushra · Member · Mar 27, 2016 at 9:58 pm
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Hi elzrjose.

I wanted to apply for the WordAds to generate income from my site. Can I provide consulting services on my website? Maybe, that is also linked to paypal?

Can you kindly tell me if you are representing WordPress.com. I would really like to get in direct contact with them.

Best Regards,
Bushra Zia
timethief · Member · Mar 27, 2016 at 10:02 pm
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We are Volunteers. I predate all Support Staff being on Staff except for one member one member.

re: help – support options
There is no phone support. For all the support options when you have technical support issues see https://en.support.wordpress.com/help-support-options/

Those who have a paid upgrade use the “Contact Support” form, http://support.wordpress.com/contact/ where they will receive a choice of having staff answer your question publicly or privately.

The best contact form to use now is:
http://wordpress.com/help/contact
Live chat will be available there if we have Happiness Engineers available to chat.

re: direct email support
Also note, that you can email Staff at:
support@wordpress.com
or
help@wordpress.com
ziabushra · Member · Mar 27, 2016 at 10:05 pm
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Thank you again!

You mention that I can ask a friend in wordpress authorized country to pay for an Upgrade. But, how am I supposed to get revenue via WordAds. Because, I’ve registered the website in Pakistan.
timethief · Member · Mar 27, 2016 at 10:10 pm
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Please ask Staff that question when you contact them. We volunteers do not answer WordAds questions. They are answered by Staff.
ziabushra · Member · Mar 28, 2016 at 8:58 am
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Dear TimeThief,

1. I am looking for advertising my services on my worpress site: oceanpearlbooks.wordpress.com.

I found your forum answer on: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-services-on-wordpresscom?replies=4. You refer to “free wordpress plan”. Can you kindly tell me how to register payments etc on “free wordpress plan”. I cannot find the “plugins” tab in my “free wordpress plan”. I understand that a plugin needs to be installed for advertising services.

Best Regards,
Bushra Zia.
elzrjose · Member · Mar 29, 2016 at 12:45 am
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Hello again ziabushra! Mind if I chime in? The plugins tab is not available for WordPress.COM blogs. Plugins are only applicable to self-hosted blogs and websites using the WordPress.ORG software and can’t be uploaded to WordPress.COM blogs for security reasons.

Here’s a helpful article to better understand the differences between WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG:
http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

Here’s a list of built-in plugins at WordPress.com that you can use: https://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

If you think you need to self-host, you may want to read this support page first:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/do-i-need-to-self-host/

Can you kindly tell me how to register payments etc on “free wordpress plan”.

You don’t need to register payments for the Free plan. You only need to pay if you’ll be purchasing a Premium or Business plan.

Free vs Premium vs Business plan
elzrjose · Member · Mar 29, 2016 at 12:46 am
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Free vs Premium vs Business plan
ziabushra · Member · Mar 29, 2016 at 9:38 am
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Dear Mr. ElzrJose,

Thank you for your reply. It was really helpful, especially the built-in plugins website.

You misunderstood my question regarding payments. Let me repharse it for you in Point 2.

1. Can I advertise my original services on wordpress? My site is: oceanpearlbooks.wordpress.org. I am currently offering Free book reviews. I amm planning to provide more book related services for a fee. Of course, all work is my original creation.

2. How can I get users to register for my services? To my understanding, there are no plugins available for the Free Plan. Do I just ask users to contact me and provide my bank account?

Eagerly awaiting your reply!

Best Regards,
Bushra Zia
staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Mar 30, 2016 at 3:26 am
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1. Yes, you can advertise your own services.

2. I’m afraid there is no easy way to do that on WordPress.com. You may want to look into setting up a self-hosted WordPress.org site.

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