WordPress.com Forums » Tag: online store - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/online-store WordPress.com Forums » Tag: online store - Recent Posts en Sun, 19 May 2013 17:39:39 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 raincoaster on "Can I sell my art on wordpress??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-sell-my-art-on-wordpress#post-1176148 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 07:43:25 +0000 raincoaster 1176148@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Also, you will not be able to run any kind of real web store or ecommerce here; you'd need WordPress.ORG for that.

]]> raincoaster on "Can I sell my art on wordpress??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-sell-my-art-on-wordpress#post-1176146 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 07:42:56 +0000 raincoaster 1176146@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can sell art that you create; you can't sell anything other people create.

]]> seangeorgeart on "Can I sell my art on wordpress??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-sell-my-art-on-wordpress#post-1176143 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 07:22:55 +0000 seangeorgeart 1176143@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ New to wordpress and I like it. I have sites elsewhere, but I would like to know if I can have some sort of online store? I would just like to know before I decide to upgrade. I would appreciate any feedback or advice, thanks!!!

http://www.facebook.com/seangeorgeart
http://www.seangeorgearts.com

]]> mykstor on "Can I build a sales site, not a blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-build-a-sales-site-not-a-blog#post-1099399 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:50:43 +0000 mykstor 1099399@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks again as I've thought that myself.. just the question of a shopping cart then...

]]> raincoaster on "Can I build a sales site, not a blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-build-a-sales-site-not-a-blog#post-1099265 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:22:09 +0000 raincoaster 1099265@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You should go with WordPress.org. The other two are vastly overkill for this kind of thing.

]]> mykstor on "Can I build a sales site, not a blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-build-a-sales-site-not-a-blog#post-1099246 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:00:25 +0000 mykstor 1099246@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you very much, notawoodpecker, for your rapid and nose-on response!
Now I guess I need to decide whether to go with wordpress.org, Drupal or Joomla...

Mike Storer

]]> notawoodpecker on "Can I build a sales site, not a blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-build-a-sales-site-not-a-blog#post-1099205 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:16:43 +0000 notawoodpecker 1099205@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Start here:

http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/

Then here:

http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

No shopping carts.

If you actually make the product in the entirety, you can sell it, otherwise you cannot.

]]> mykstor on "Can I build a sales site, not a blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-build-a-sales-site-not-a-blog#post-1099199 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:05:56 +0000 mykstor 1099199@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Sorry, I'm an ignoramus about WordPress, but I've long been impressed by the very classy clean elegance of its graphics.
I seem to find only information about blog sites.
Can one construct an online store with WordPress?
I'm a perfumer. I make and sell a small line of fragrances, i.e. "niche" fragrances.
What I need is not a blog, per se, although I would like to include periodic articles I write on it, but mainly I need a site that can:
  • Handle display of about twelve products
  • Have a shopping cart
  • Interconnect with PayPal to handle transactions
  • Ideally, I'd like my site to do all the calculating for quantities and shipping and also keep a database to issue redeemable codes for discounts for repeat customers, etc. and just send PayPal the finished itemized billing to handle.

Can someone please tell me where to start?
As an artist, I love good, clean graphics, I enjoy working with jQuery and would like to do some of my own customization such as drag and drop items to shopping cart. Does WordPress allow that? I tried to make a site with Drupal Gardens. It lets you make one for free, as here.. But I felt so frustrated trying to incorporate my own CSS as I couldn't get my hands on the site's actual CSS docs and could only counteract rules already on it, so I ended up having to write display:none; for many of their elements, then append my own through a ridiculous little iframe. I was trying to re-purpose a blog template, it all got very messy and I finally gave up.

]]> popkron on "just another pop blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/just-another-pop-blog#post-729154 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:27:06 +0000 popkron 729154@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi everyone, if you have time please visit my blog

popkron.wordpress.com

thanks!

]]> raincoaster on "Are there any options for an online store?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/are-there-any-options-for-an-online-store#post-702050 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:09:35 +0000 raincoaster 702050@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Here's what you can do:

You can make an Etsy store or equivalent, and there are ways to get your Etsy code in the posts and an Etsy widget here. In other words, use free ecommerce hosting elsewhere and use your blog to showcase your products, but send people to your estore to buy.

OR

Use the Paypal Donate button and tell people to fill in which item they want and the price. Then, once you've received the money, ship the product. Don't forget shipping charges.

]]> timethief on "Are there any options for an online store?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/are-there-any-options-for-an-online-store#post-702001 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:18:35 +0000 timethief 702001@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There is no FTP access to free hosted WordPress.COM blogs and we cannot install individual plugins into them. They are for WordPress.ORG installs which run on different software.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

Here's a link to the learn WordPress.com tutorial which is linked to at the bottom of your Admin pages in your blog.

]]> danb377 on "Are there any options for an online store?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/are-there-any-options-for-an-online-store#post-701975 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:54:33 +0000 danb377 701975@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm a novice wordpress user and wordpress.org sounds much too complicated. I didn't even know what a plugin was until today lol. I wish I had the time to learn more about this, but unless there are very user friendly tutorials aimed at the novice, I just can't put the time into it.

]]> timethief on "Are there any options for an online store?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/are-there-any-options-for-an-online-store#post-701964 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:37:55 +0000 timethief 701964@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @danb377
No I’m afraid e-commerce isn’t possible here at WordPress.com, and there are no plans to develop anything for that at this time.

If you require e-commerce/shopping cart functionality, there are no restrictions on e-commerce if you setup a self-hosted WordPress.org blog instead of a free hosted WordPress.com blog.
See here to learn the differences:
http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

]]> danb377 on "Are there any options for an online store?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/are-there-any-options-for-an-online-store#post-701945 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:31:04 +0000 danb377 701945@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Is this something I can do on my own? I'm asking this as someone that knows wordpress on just the most basic level. I've been looking at some premium themes that may work better for my website too. I'm assuming that I need to switch to wp.org for that as well?

]]> ranfam on "Are there any options for an online store?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/are-there-any-options-for-an-online-store#post-701923 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:46:14 +0000 ranfam 701923@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There are lots of plugins (free and paid) that you can use to create an online store, but you will have to move your site over to the self-hosted platform on WordPress.org

]]> danb377 on "Are there any options for an online store?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/are-there-any-options-for-an-online-store#post-701914 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:17:40 +0000 danb377 701914@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I read that I am able to sell my own products but not products produced by others through wordpress. Is this still accurate? If so I have 2 questions:

1. How do I go about adding a store for my own products?
2. Are there any good alternatives for adding an online store and linking it to my blog? Or is this against policy too? Meaning, and I no nothing about ecommerce yet, can i have a separate store hosted elsewhere and just link to it from my blog? If so, any suggestions on what to use? Does Amazon have this option for businesses?

Thank you!!

]]> raincoaster on "WePay EMBED?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wepay-embed#post-651800 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:34:23 +0000 raincoaster 651800@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You will not be able to do this with a WordPress.com blog. You could do this with a WordPress.ORG blog.

WordPress.com blogs are not suitable for ecommerce, as we have many security features here which, as you've seen, strip out potentially dangerous code. There is no way to embed it. What I have seen other designers do is make a Post for each item with a picture, some copy, and a direct link to the offsite place to buy the item, usually Etsy.

]]> blovedkids on "WePay EMBED?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wepay-embed#post-651775 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:14:58 +0000 blovedkids 651775@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am trying to embed my WePay online store to my wordpress site, and every time I try (in HTML) it just shows up as a link, like it does right now. suggestions?

]]> thesacredpath on "Online store?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/online-store-1#post-373082 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:37:20 +0000 thesacredpath 373082@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Advertising or monetizing blogs here is, except for a couple very narrow exceptions, not allowed on wordpress.COM. For the exceptions, see the last sentence under "Affiliate marketing blogs" in the bottom set of bullet points in the "types of blogs" link below.

http://support.wordpress.com/advertising/
http://en.wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/

Also, online stores require javascript and that is not allowed here at wordpress.COM due to security concerns.

http://support.wordpress.com/code/

]]> danb377 on "Online store?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/online-store-1#post-373056 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:58:21 +0000 danb377 373056@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Is there any way to have an online store on my site?

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