wp.com business vs wp.org?

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  susanjames · Member · Feb 26, 2014 at 12:37 pm

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  Awesome news about wp.com business! Question: I use both wp.com and .org, using .org for business. Are their advantages to using the new wp.com business over wp.org for business? THANKS! Susan James

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  jackiedana · Member · Mar 4, 2014 at 1:04 am

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  Thanks for your interest in the Business upgrade.

  Some of the advantages of WordPress.com include:
  Free hosting, free support, no upgrades or maintenance, the option to use WordAds (http://wordads.co), no limitations on bandwidth, plus we handle your security and build in many popular plugins. We give you 3GB of storage with a free blog and with upgrades you can increase that significantly. Business users additionally can use any premium theme, get live chat support during US business hours, and can incorporate ecommerce options into their site.

  For more information about our Business package, see http://en.wordpress.com/business/

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 4, 2014 at 1:29 am

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  The primary advantages of .org over that package are the ability to sell your own ads and the ability to use embed forms that WP.com bans like aweber, mailchimp, and iframes.

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  susanjames · Member · Mar 5, 2014 at 4:18 pm

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  Thank to you both for your generous answers. Altho I love both wp.com and wp.org and use both, I wasnt sure if the new wp.com business added any further advantages over my choice for wp.org for my business use. Thanks very much raincoaster for letting me know that wp.org still for my business needs, currently may be the better fit for
  a new enterprise I am developing.

  For anyone interested in how I am using wp.org here’s a are 2 links:
  http://www.vastfive.com/highfive/ and http://www.savannahsuede.com I may at a future time convert one of my more successful wp.com blogs to the new business offering of wp.com as that too, looks yummy! Best Success to All, and Thanks WordPress for all you have given me! Susan James

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  jackiedana · Member · Mar 5, 2014 at 6:31 pm

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  There are some instances where hosting a site on WordPress.com is the better option, and others where having a site hosted elsewhere is a better fit. The trick is making the best decision for each site you administer. I’m glad we were able to sort this out for you for now, and please let us know if you have further questions.