Black Friday 20 hour 20% off sale now on!

November 27, 2009

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In the US there are some strange traditions, and one of them is the day after Thanksgiving when people line up from 3 or 4 in the morning to be the first people in a store when it opens to get some item for a really good price. This is ostensibly to get a head start on Christmas shopping.

We’ve decided to replicate this experience but without the cold, the early morning, or the scramble to get to the door first.

Right now you can get 20% off on all upgrades purchased on the Upgrades page on your blog. This is our Black Friday sale and must end in 20 hours time!

For example, you can get VideoPress for only $47.98, register a domain and map it for $11.98. Custom CSS costs $11.98 right now.

20% off everything, only for the next 20 hours. Check out the list of available upgrades to see what’s on offer then visit your Dashboard and click “Upgrades”.

This is the first sale we’ve ever had, and might be the only one.

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  1. egomaniac Nov 27th at 4:26 pm

    Wow.. WordPress always surprise me!

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  2. ileaneb Nov 27th at 4:31 pm

    Thanks. Since everyone is at the malls, I might be the first one to see this. lol

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  3. Moses Nov 27th at 5:04 pm

    Awesome! Who woulda thought? =D

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  4. skyx Nov 27th at 5:08 pm

    am i the thrid one to see this?

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  5. RandomizeME Nov 27th at 5:35 pm

    ha ha – that’s cute. I like the idea of not having to line up to get a discount… But hey, WordPress, why stop at 20%? That’s not a discount! *grumble* a self-respecting Black Friday discount should be 40% off at the very least…

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    • Matt Nov 27th at 10:16 pm

      Yeah, but in normal retail the prices are so marked up they can do that. This is the least expensive any of these upgrades have ever been since the founding of WordPress.com.

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  6. Mary Nov 27th at 5:48 pm

    WP first sale.. yaaaaaay!

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  7. ajikinai Nov 27th at 5:53 pm

    haha you promoted WordPress upgrades… sounds interesting…

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  8. giiid Nov 27th at 5:53 pm

    Great idea! You are so creative at WordPress!! 🙂

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  9. sensico Nov 27th at 5:56 pm

    wait! so I can’t purchase the CSS upgrade again for another year cause I already have the upgrade??

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  10. VIKAS |vikas-gupta.in Nov 27th at 6:07 pm

    I got some discount on hosting and will soon shift to self-hosting!

    P.S.: You’ve a cute baby in the profile pic. 🙂

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  11. datchickneeks Nov 27th at 6:37 pm

    WordPress is so sick!
    Best Blogging site ever

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  12. La historia del dia Nov 27th at 6:38 pm

    Me siguen sorprendiendo! 😉

    Saludos

    Latina

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  13. ♥ ♫ ☼ ♪ Londemoon ♥★™ Nov 27th at 7:15 pm

    Wooo hooo!
    Thanx! 🙂

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  14. Jennifer Nov 27th at 7:17 pm

    (Dear Santa-I’ve been a good girl this year; how about that shiny No-Ads upgrade?)

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  15. delaorden Nov 27th at 8:25 pm

    well, I got mine…. a CSS upgrade for a year U$11,98 or so…..

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  16. g s collector Nov 27th at 10:15 pm

    Fantastic!

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  17. Bandew444 Nov 27th at 10:24 pm

    YAY!

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  18. Corve DaCosta Nov 27th at 10:43 pm

    Still cant afford it

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  19. sylviahubbard1 Nov 27th at 11:02 pm

    oh wow! i’m loving this! durnit! now i gotta transfer some funds.

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  21. gonuhome Nov 28th at 3:22 am

    Muy buena oferta.
    Buen trabajo!

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  22. Jessica Nov 28th at 3:45 am

    This is an awesome idea, of giving Black Friday discounts…..are you also going to be doing Cyber Monday discounts?

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  23. utellit Nov 28th at 3:49 am

    WTG!! WordPress promote, promote, promote! 😉

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  24. admin #2 Nov 28th at 3:54 am

    can you guys extend it for 1 more day plz?
    then i will be sure have a VIDEOPRESS UPGRADE and DOMAIN upgrade.
    plzz.. 1 more day

    Then you will R.O.C.K more! 🙂

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  25. Exodus Nov 28th at 4:32 am

    hahaha you guys are so sweet to do this. and creative, too. 😉
    i ❤ WP!

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  26. vjp Nov 28th at 4:38 am

    What about renewals? No discount for those (my CSS upgrade is about to expire)?

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  27. vjp Nov 28th at 4:39 am

    Nevermind – I just found it! Thanks!

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  28. phoxis Nov 28th at 6:50 am

    OmG!! OmG!! OmG!!, this is the best time for me to buy the domain map, but I am out of luck, dont have any way to buy from internet.
    And am also interested about transferring registrar to WordPress.com from my current one. It would be great if WordPress starts supporting it.

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  29. assasinated Nov 28th at 11:11 am

    I Like It………. 🙂

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  30. Fadhilatul Muharram Nov 28th at 1:41 pm

    well, in Indonesia we heard it. I saw pic of a couple bought a plasma TV and they still wore their pajamas. it’s crazy. :mrgreen:

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  31. ctortolano Nov 28th at 2:14 pm

    I love the internet.

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  32. azizmoummou Nov 28th at 7:33 pm

    Bud can’t say but wow…

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  33. getterdunner Nov 29th at 3:30 am

    I missed Black Friday.

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  34. 71mm0 Nov 29th at 5:06 pm

    20%? how about 100%? 😆

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  35. mahanigallery Nov 29th at 5:17 pm

    that’s my wordpress!!!

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  37. Ina Infinity Nov 30th at 12:51 am

    i just found out about it 😦

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  38. auwoo Nov 30th at 2:23 am

    I wish there is black friday in my country 😉

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  39. urbanvolcano Nov 30th at 2:38 am

    I just don’t know what to say except is it Easter yet?

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  40. JoeDuck Nov 30th at 4:26 am

    Missed the sale, but WP greatness deserves …. full price anyway Woo Hoo !

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  42. art predator Nov 30th at 8:25 am

    Guess I missed out on this one…how about one a day after Christmas sale?

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  43. phoxis Nov 30th at 2:15 pm

    @Sheri : Yes i knew it from #wordpress.com in freenode earlier, and i am waiting for WordPress to start it. Because i have to change the registrar from the current one to some other as they are taking 35$ per year. If both are in WordPress then I might be able to make it in some lesser amount. I would ask the WordPress.com developers to keep the registrar transfer feature in mind for the future. It would be a good one.

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    • Sheri Nov 30th at 3:15 pm

      @phoxis, we don’t have any plans to offer incoming domain transfers, but you should be able to use a registrar that charges a little less and that should help a bit.

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  44. s8529226 Nov 30th at 2:33 pm

    cool!

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  45. thechicboutique Nov 30th at 8:42 pm

    oh this is great! thanks so much guys!

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  46. gltecdomainvn Dec 1st at 1:54 am

    OH my WP…

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  47. bayareafoodie Dec 1st at 10:49 pm

    shoot…missed it. How about you extend the date….

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  48. jazmynpatterson Dec 2nd at 12:49 am

    Black friday is awsome great sales!! The only thing is people are very rude and mean. Anyone who has gone to the mall on Black Friday knows that it can be a complete madhouse. Parking is impossible, workers are overwhelmed, and shoppers are cutthroat.

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  49. katyallgeyer Dec 2nd at 3:25 am

    Dang it! I was traveling over the holiday and didn’t have internet access to see this in time 😦

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  50. Global Wonk Dec 2nd at 5:23 am

    This just showed up as a link on my dashboard. Never saw it when originally posted. Tried to purchase videopress upgrade, but it showed the normal price versus the reduced rate.

    Are you extending this sale or not?

    Thanks!

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  51. adiblogger Dec 2nd at 8:10 am

    I missed it I missed it :(((
    next year I ll come back! :o))
    Is there a timescheduling feature for bookmarks? ;o) [patent pending]

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  52. Rizky Dec 2nd at 1:41 pm

    Haaaaa…..I missed it.

    Say, can commenter’s able to get the special price ‘now’ ?

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  53. Sheri Dec 2nd at 3:57 pm

    Sorry but we’re not extending the sale.

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  54. Global Wonk Dec 2nd at 6:19 pm

    Might want to look at preventing the link from continuing to pop-up in people’s dashboards if you do not plan on extending.

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  55. jronaldlee Dec 2nd at 7:22 pm

    Why is this still showing up on the dashboard?

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  56. towatheanbu Dec 3rd at 12:34 am

    huba buba i loved the idea.

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  57. thietkewebvietdragon Dec 3rd at 2:47 am

    in vietnam is not same

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  58. ourcashregister Dec 3rd at 7:05 pm

    Just got this link in the dashboard, tried to upgrade and voila… no sale. Talk about a rush and a let down.

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  60. soumen Dec 5th at 7:43 am

    Good Idea, but yet a long distance for me to afford.

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  61. idiotnesia Dec 5th at 10:48 am

    But I think it was few days ago.. Thanks WordPress

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  62. miz Dec 5th at 7:07 pm

    Talk about not publicizing it, and then announcing it just for the fact.

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  63. coffee0509 Dec 6th at 8:49 am

    It sounds good for seller and buyer!

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  64. satchito Dec 7th at 5:53 am

    Amazing!! now I would have to think what would I want an upgrade for…? mmmhhh

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  65. vanihegde Dec 7th at 8:16 am

    HI increase your discount and period

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  66. scidrew Dec 7th at 7:57 pm

    Black Friday is pissing me off. My parents are bringing me everywhere. Which bugs me, so curse black Friday!

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  69. jats50 Dec 8th at 5:13 pm

    BlackFriday imis thatone after xmas will be fine

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  70. winartobm90 Dec 8th at 5:49 pm

    nice…good idea!

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  72. tsega Dec 9th at 5:29 pm

    You are doing great job. Hope in future more upgrades will be available at free or pay.

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