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Edward Zhou
Edward Zhou
401 Points
Posted by Edward Zhou
Edward Zhou
401 Points

wordpress.org or .com for affiliate marketing?

So, I am thinking of affiliate marketing by establishing my site.

For affiliate marketing as well as Google Adsense advertisements, should I establish my site with wordpress.org or wordpress.com?

2 Answers

Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points
Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points

You should go with WordPress.org in my opinion. You'll have way more control over customizing what your site does and you won't be restricted to the limits of WordPress.com sites.

Andrew Munro
Andrew Munro
9,846 Points
Andrew Munro
Andrew Munro
9,846 Points

As Colin said, WordPress.org will allow you a lot more control, and you'll also be able to install any plugin you want (unlike WordPress.com).

If you're still looking for an affiliate marketing plugin check out AffiliateWP (https://affiliatewp.com) . Disclaimer, I'm a co-author of the plugin. You can get a special discount from the student perks page: https://teamtreehouse.com/perks#perk-562