From the course: WordPress.com Essential Training

Unlock the full course today

Join today to access over 24,600 courses taught by industry experts.

Monetize your site

Monetize your site

- [Instructor] Creating a website and consistently producing engaging content can take a lot of work, so it's natural that you may want to monetize your site in some way. Wordpress.com provides several options for this, and from your site admin, you'll find it under Tools, Earn. Note that none of these options is available with the free plan we're using in this course, but let's go ahead and look at the options for paid plans. First up, there's the ability to accept one-time payments or recurring payments via credit card. These payments can be for physical products, services, memberships, or subscriptions. Want to provide site visitors with the ability to tip you or donate to a cause? There's a way to do that too. You can also collect payments for exclusive content. You can share premium content via email to paying subscribers, you can accept credit card payments via PayPal, run ads, or use affiliate links and even…

Contents