switching from wordpress.org to wordpress.com
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I am not making progress with by wordpress.org pages. Can I change to wordpress.com, preferably a free plan to start and eventually upgrade to a paid site with support?
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Hi there,
The answer is yes. If you would like to move your self-hosted WordPress.org site over to WordPress.com, you can use this guide Moving from a Self-Hosted WordPress to WordPress.com https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-from-self-hosted-wordpress-to-wordpress-com/You will, however, want to be aware of the differences. WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
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WordPress.com provides free blogs and hosts them free of charge. There are no bandwidth charges. All WordPress.com blogs come with 3000 megabytes (~3 GBs) of space for storing uploaded files and images. Free features are listed here https://en.wordpress.com/features/
All wordpress.com hosted blogs are on wordpress.com subdomains like this: *http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com
Read:
Domains: Important Notes Before Upgrading
https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading
Domains
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/See here for details of all 3 plans http://store.wordpress.com/bundles/ offered by WordPress.com.
Premium bundle details http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/
Business bundle details http://store.wordpress.com/plans/business/Note that each upgrade applies to a single blog only and is for a single year only when it is due to be renewed.
Read Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading
Also, note that premium theme purchases apply to a single blog only and are for the lifetime of the blog while hosted by WordPress.COM, and the Premium upgrade does not include any premium themes. http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/premium-themes/
Neither the free plan nor the Premium plan will allow you to upload your own themes or plugins. More to the point is that WordPress.com blogs cannot be equipped for eCommerce transactions unless they have the $299. per year Business upgrade.
See here for eCommerce details http://en.support.wordpress.com/ecommerce/You must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard and purchase upgrades at > Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades
Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
Your options for payment are found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/
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