WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Can I open a page with a shop? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-open-a-page-with-a-shop WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Can I open a page with a shop? en Mon, 20 May 2013 14:53:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 raincoaster on "Can I open a page with a shop?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-open-a-page-with-a-shop#post-868631 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:05:25 +0000 raincoaster 868631@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Ah, I see.

]]> davidroccato on "Can I open a page with a shop?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-open-a-page-with-a-shop#post-868619 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:19:53 +0000 davidroccato 868619@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I earn money from the e-commerce, not so much, but it's a service. Let's say that in my bookstore I put only the books I recommend, sold, managed and hosted by someone else. Let's say like a small ibook, or a small personalized amazon store.

So when people click on the label "shop" or something like that, they go to an external service, with my store and the products recommended by me. I earn if they buy them through that service. The space taken on my blog, at the end, will be the space of a label, o slug.

]]> raincoaster on "Can I open a page with a shop?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-open-a-page-with-a-shop#post-868609 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:56:48 +0000 raincoaster 868609@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ They're not your products, but you want a link to them in your HEADER? Why?

Or are you just talking about you want to link to products on an ecommerce site because you're talking about the products? In that case, just link to them. You're not making any money from them, so it doesn't matter.

]]> davidroccato on "Can I open a page with a shop?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-open-a-page-with-a-shop#post-868583 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:52:19 +0000 davidroccato 868583@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Well, that's fine for me, it would be just a link on a label on the menu as I said, nothing more. But they're not my products in any case. It's like talking about books all the time, with a link to a bookstore, nothing more. It's not my primary purpose, not even a secondary, it's just a plus for the readers.

]]> raincoaster on "Can I open a page with a shop?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-open-a-page-with-a-shop#post-868462 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:33:17 +0000 raincoaster 868462@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ It would be okay IF the primary purpose of the blog isn't to direct people to the e-shop. If you blog about your products, that's fine, but the kind of blogs I've seen suspended have had links to the e-store in every post, a header text that drove people to that site, widgets that told everyone to go to the shop, etc. A header link saying Shop is fine.

]]> davidroccato on "Can I open a page with a shop?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-open-a-page-with-a-shop#post-868414 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:07:15 +0000 davidroccato 868414@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ well, the blog would be this: http://italianeography.com and I'm in the queue for the Wordads program too.

I'd link this store.mydomain.com to one menu page, like Apps, or Forum. So, clicking on the menu label, people will go to an external hosted service. Is it ok then in this way?

thanks for your help macmanx

]]> macmanx on "Can I open a page with a shop?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-open-a-page-with-a-shop#post-868382 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:50:42 +0000 macmanx 868382@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ That would be fine as long as your blog isn't nothing but another storefront.

]]> dribblingpensioner on "Can I open a page with a shop?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-open-a-page-with-a-shop#post-868364 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:27:30 +0000 dribblingpensioner 868364@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ So from what i read i was nearly right :)

]]> davidroccato on "Can I open a page with a shop?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-open-a-page-with-a-shop#post-868363 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:26:55 +0000 davidroccato 868363@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi macmanx,

Thanks for your answer but, just to be sure, technically the e-commerce won't be on wordpress.com it would be http:// store.mydomain.com and the address will be linked to the label. The commerce is not embed in a wp.com page. It's like having the label Forum, and then people click on the label or the "page" and go to another domain store.mydomain.com with the e-commerce.
Is it not allowed that?

Ps: I know the differences .org .com but I'm fine like that for now.

]]> macmanx on "Can I open a page with a shop?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-open-a-page-with-a-shop#post-868358 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:17:29 +0000 macmanx 868358@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ While you can sell your work on your blog, no blogger initiated advertising, retailing, or reselling of work created or services provided by other people is allowed on WordPress.com.

This link will give you instructions for using a Paypal button on your blog:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/

If you require e-commerce/shopping cart functionality beyond this, you might be interested in a self-hosted (WordPress.org) installation. There are no restrictions on e-commerce if you set up a self-hosted WordPress.org blog instead of a WordPress.com blog, but there are some added responsibilities.

Please see this link to learn about the differences:
http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

We have hosting recommendations at the following link if you are interested:
http://get.wp.com/hosting/

]]> dribblingpensioner on "Can I open a page with a shop?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-open-a-page-with-a-shop#post-868354 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:14:38 +0000 dribblingpensioner 868354@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I believe the answer is no, but i'm sure an expert may back me up or put me down :)

]]> davidroccato on "Can I open a page with a shop?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-open-a-page-with-a-shop#post-868326 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:45:42 +0000 davidroccato 868326@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi,

I know I can't open an e-commerce or something similar in wp.com and I can't use other ads but I've seen a service with an e-commerce hosted with their platform that I might be interested too.

So my question is: can I open a page and link that page to another commercial service? With another ads service too because it's hosted somewhere else? As I'm not sure I prefer to ask. It would be like having an external forum linked to a page with google adsense there. But it's a store.

Thanks :)

]]>