WordPress.com Forums » Tag: commercial - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/commercial WordPress.com Forums » Tag: commercial - Recent Posts en Sat, 25 May 2013 04:02:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 wildersoul on "PDF downloads, email, paypal and a private blog for members only" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/pdf-downloads-email-paypal-and-a-private-blog-for-members-only#post-1223349 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 02:43:17 +0000 wildersoul 1223349@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ :) Thank you timethief! :)

]]> timethief on "PDF downloads, email, paypal and a private blog for members only" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/pdf-downloads-email-paypal-and-a-private-blog-for-members-only#post-1222854 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:11:34 +0000 timethief 1222854@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Best wishes with your site.

]]> wildersoul on "PDF downloads, email, paypal and a private blog for members only" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/pdf-downloads-email-paypal-and-a-private-blog-for-members-only#post-1222434 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 05:03:55 +0000 wildersoul 1222434@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you timethief,

I recognize your name from reading other forum threads and trust your advice. I am overjoyed to see that my wordpress.org blog hosted at OpenShift.com looks and behaves just like a regular wordpress.com blog. Very comforting.

Next, I am going to look into woothemes.com/woocommerce for -my e-commerce toolkit.

New site is https://blog-wildersoul.rhcloud.com/ although there is not much to see there yet, it really was very easy to set up. And all free!

Thanks for your help. :)

~WilderSoul

]]> timethief on "Looking for the best premium theme for a beach hotel website" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/looking-for-the-best-premium-theme-for-a-beach-hotel-website#post-1221942 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:53:34 +0000 timethief 1221942@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ All themes are showcased and have theme descriptions and live demo sites here http://theme.wordpress.com/
see also > http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/premium-themes/

Note that we Volunteers do not assist with theme selection as it's subjective decision making process and there are over 200 themes. We are focused on providing assistance with support issues only.

]]> timethief on "PDF downloads, email, paypal and a private blog for members only" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/pdf-downloads-email-paypal-and-a-private-blog-for-members-only#post-1221493 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:15:30 +0000 timethief 1221493@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

private blog for members only

You will need to hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/ and set up your own WordPress.ORG install. http://wordpress.org/

]]> wildersoul on "PDF downloads, email, paypal and a private blog for members only" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/pdf-downloads-email-paypal-and-a-private-blog-for-members-only#post-1220741 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:29:35 +0000 wildersoul 1220741@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello WordPress Support Staff, and Volunteers

I have a free online Colouring Book at wildersoul.wordpress.com, and I want to set up a companion blog for selling higher quality pictures for people to colour. At least 300dpi.

My ideas of how to set it up are at http://wildersoul3.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/my-strange-day/

It includes setting up a private blog, and people pay a membership fee to enter the blog and download the pictures. The payments would be arranged via email and a PayPal invoice. (No PayPal button as I have not had $5000 go through my account yet.)

If this is not possible, then I would consider creating some sort of order form, and emailing the pictures individually to each person.

All of the pictures are originals created by me. The 90dpi pictures are under Creative Commons license on my wildersoul.wordpress.com blog.

If this works well, I may wish to add other original artworks or photographs, writing, poetry, or even audio or video files to a private blog in the same manner. Possibly the same blog if it works well.

Thank you in advance for your advice and support. :)

]]> playasuyapa on "Looking for the best premium theme for a beach hotel website" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/looking-for-the-best-premium-theme-for-a-beach-hotel-website#post-1220364 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:45:30 +0000 playasuyapa 1220364@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am going to build a new site as a website for a Pacific Coast hotel in Nicaragua and all the premium themes look great but which one would work best for a commercial site for tourism?

]]> raincoaster on "Commercial content - allowed or not" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/commercial-content-allowed-or-not#post-846672 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:03:52 +0000 raincoaster 846672@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome.

]]> mourmour on "Commercial content - allowed or not" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/commercial-content-allowed-or-not#post-846669 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:02:49 +0000 mourmour 846669@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ THANK you and happy blogging!!!

]]> raincoaster on "Commercial content - allowed or not" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/commercial-content-allowed-or-not#post-846664 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:58:34 +0000 raincoaster 846664@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ A link, as long as it is not paid in kind or in money, is fine. Related Pages in sidebars is fine. What staff are concerned about are those cheesy spam blogs that have a small post and "For more, go here: http://WWW.OURCOMMERCIALWEBSTORE.COM" on every post.

]]> mourmour on "Commercial content - allowed or not" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/commercial-content-allowed-or-not#post-846656 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:47:10 +0000 mourmour 846656@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Including a simple link (FOR SURE NOT advertising or spam or however they are "called') is OK, correct?

For example to a page of the company or event another news site etc! IN the sidebar I will have "related pages"

As we use them every day! For reference, credit etc.

I understand but I want to exclude all possible scnarios and be in line with ToS. THanks AGAIN!

]]> raincoaster on "Commercial content - allowed or not" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/commercial-content-allowed-or-not#post-846614 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:21:30 +0000 raincoaster 846614@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yes, that's fine. As long as your content is original, not designed to direct people off WP.com, and obeys the other Terms of Service that's a perfectly fine use for a blog here.

]]> supportbot on "Commercial content - allowed or not" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/commercial-content-allowed-or-not#post-844890 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:04:11 +0000 supportbot 844890@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You did not specify a blog address or reason for posting when you created this topic.

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If you forgot to include a link to your blog, you can reply and include it below. It'll help people to answer your question.

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]]> mourmour on "Commercial content - allowed or not" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/commercial-content-allowed-or-not#post-844889 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:04:10 +0000 mourmour 844889@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi all,

I went through all related posts and ToS for Commercial content, however I am not quite sure if I am allowed to insert specific content or not. Can you please help me out?

The blog is this >> samsungtvapps.wordpress.com and is about apps for Smart TV.

I want to use this for my team and blog about the latest
Blog about industry news, company news around apps
Other industry posts and offer team members the flexibility of wordpress.com in usage and hosting this
Create page that hosts how to videos, demos

At the same time:

We will not use the post to insert 3rd party ads or other advertising platform
I do not want to use the page to sell products or services

That's it basically. I contacted Support but I have not got a reply yet, as I am trying to understand the above.
can you please let me know of your opinion on this?

Thanks,

Jason

]]> tandava108 on "Selling on WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-on-wordpress-2#post-784358 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:47:12 +0000 tandava108 784358@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Not on wordpress.com, you would need a self-hosted wordpress.org site

]]> kaleidoscopeentertainment on "Selling on WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-on-wordpress-2#post-784327 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:43:43 +0000 kaleidoscopeentertainment 784327@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Is there a way to add a shopping cart so products can be sold directly from a WordPress site?

]]> andrewspittle on "How can we use plugins?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/for-profit-using-org-for-a-blog-domain#post-634832 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:32:07 +0000 andrewspittle 634832@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ To use plugins you'll want to use an installation of WordPress.org. You can use any domain name you like with a WordPress.org installation. The site could be a commercial one, a .com domain name, or anything else.

]]> ionloop on "How can we use plugins?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/for-profit-using-org-for-a-blog-domain#post-634820 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:24:20 +0000 ionloop 634820@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm looking into having the plugins option for our blog and just realized that the .com domain does not offer that. As a blog managed by a for-profit organization, can we use a .org domain name?
Blog url: http://ionloopblog.wordpress.com/

]]> ahundredthingstodo on "Most annoying commercial jingle?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/most-annoying-commercial-jingle#post-601315 Mon, 09 May 2011 22:48:33 +0000 ahundredthingstodo 601315@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I can't get the freecreditreport.com jingle out of my head!

]]> raincoaster on "Selling contents of blog to visitors" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-contents-of-blog-to-visitors#post-528405 Sun, 21 Nov 2010 04:46:51 +0000 raincoaster 528405@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ My first impression is that this would be impossible to do on WordPress.com. My second is that it's unlikely there is a market for it, but you can try.

How could you prevent people from reading your archives online rather than paying you? If you set the blog as Private or password-protect the posts, you don't have an RSS feed, so the emails would have to be done by Copy/Paste, manually, every time.

]]> merechristianthoughts on "Selling contents of blog to visitors" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-contents-of-blog-to-visitors#post-528397 Sun, 21 Nov 2010 04:07:26 +0000 merechristianthoughts 528397@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am interested is selling the contents of my entire blog (over 135 categories and counting) to any visitor who shows up and then forwarding any additional Posts FREE via email when one is posted. I will use the PayPal button for payment.

Anyone ever have any experience with this and/or any suggestions?

Thanks.
Fred

]]> 1tess on "Commercial use of WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/commercial-use-of-wordpress#post-519478 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:22:10 +0000 1tess 519478@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You will have to contact staff to determine whether you can do that or not. We volunteers in the forums have no authority to give you a definite answer.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/

]]> gilles210wp on "Commercial use of WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/commercial-use-of-wordpress#post-519451 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:23:26 +0000 gilles210wp 519451@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello people,

We are launching a new company and we design websites. We have used WordPress ourselves for years and we are like "addicted" to it. So we had an idea and we would like to use it commercially (integration to websites, etc.)

I wanted to be sure this be sure this is possible and if there is any restriction ?

Thank you by advance.

Gilles

]]> sl1k on "Are wordpress.com blogs non-commercial?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/are-wordpresscom-blogs-non-commercial#post-491883 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:55:39 +0000 sl1k 491883@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ To buy the "NO Ads" upgrade you go to Dashboard, → Upgrades, on the left navigation bar...

-sk

]]> mickverran on "Are wordpress.com blogs non-commercial?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/are-wordpresscom-blogs-non-commercial#post-491849 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:40:45 +0000 mickverran 491849@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can get rid of those ads that appear on your blog (which feed off your blog content and will therefore eventually direct people to your competitors!) by paying WordPress a very small fee - I think its something under $30 a year.

I thought that was very reasonable given the service here, but I wish WordPress would make it more obvious you can do that - I had to dig around a little. And now I've forgotten how I did it!

Mick

]]> sl1k on "Are wordpress.com blogs non-commercial?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/are-wordpresscom-blogs-non-commercial#post-491821 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:51:52 +0000 sl1k 491821@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You could put a disclaimer on your side bar that you don't benefit from the ads

Here is the quote I use on my blog and I have seen on other blogs you're welcome to use the quote

If You See Google Ads
They are not placed by the blog author but By automattic which is the company that owns & runs WP.com the ad affect is the down side of having a blog hosted for free.

]]> raincoaster on "Are wordpress.com blogs non-commercial?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/are-wordpresscom-blogs-non-commercial#post-491812 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:44:34 +0000 raincoaster 491812@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Let me clarify: if you are not making any money from your blog, then using those Non-Commercial licensed things is fine. If someone squawks, explain that any Adsense they see on your blog is for the benefit of WordPress.com, not for you, and you didn't put it there.

At that point, it's up to the interpretation of the original person, but I've NEVER had anyone object when they realize that the blogger isn't getting a cent.

]]> timethief on "Are wordpress.com blogs non-commercial?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/are-wordpresscom-blogs-non-commercial#post-491806 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:38:14 +0000 timethief 491806@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello there,
Please read these support entries so you are clear on the situation:

1. Free hosted WordPress.com blogs cannot be used to drive traffic to third party sites (section 2 – 5th bullet) http://en.wordpress.com/tos/

2. Types of blogs – what content is welcome and is not welcome on WordPress.com > http://wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
scroll to this section and note how limited it is:

Affiliate marketing blogs: Blogs with the primary purpose of driving traffic to affiliate programs and get-rich-quick schemes (“Make six figures from home!!”, “20 easy steps to top profits!!”, etc). This includes multi-level marketing (MLM) blogs and pyramid schemes. To be clear, people writing their own original book, movie or game reviews and linking them to Amazon, or people linking to their own products on Etsy do NOT fall into this category.

3. No blogger initiated advertising of any kind and most particularity of any if the get rich quick schemes is allowed on free hosted WordPress.com blogs > http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/

Note: To support the service (and keep free features free), we also sometimes run advertisements. http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/go-ad-free/ We’ve tested a lot of different ad providers and currently use Google AdSense and Skimlinks. We try hard to make the ads discreet and effective and only run them in limited places. If you would like to completely eliminate ads from appearing on your blog, we offer the No-Ads Upgrade. http://support.wordpress.com/no-ads/

4. If a blog has been found to be in breach of the WordPress.com Terms of Service, it will be suspended. http://en.support.wordpress.com/suspended-blogs/

Additional reference > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
Hope this helps. :)

]]> endemicity on "Are wordpress.com blogs non-commercial?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/are-wordpresscom-blogs-non-commercial#post-491796 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:53:15 +0000 endemicity 491796@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi,

Are wordpress.com blogs considered non-commercial? Some of the images and figures I post are Creative Commons licensed with the stipulation that they be used for non-commercial purposes. I sometimes see little advertisements to other blogs on my blog, and I'd just like to make sure I'm not violating any one's terms of use. I personally certainly don't make any money off of my blog, but I don't know if the non-commercial label applies to wordpress.com as a whole.

anthozoa.wordpress.com

Cheers

Dusty

]]> starsquid on "Bold Abstract Art, just listed my first painting for sale." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/bold-abstract-art-just-listed-my-first-painting-for-sale#post-433486 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:57:42 +0000 starsquid 433486@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ no advertising pls

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