When you are just starting out paying for a domain name and hosting can be expensive. Therefore, it is a good idea to use a free blog hosting company like Wordpress.com. Unfortunately, with a free WordPress or even a Personal plan, you can't sell on your blog or website. On a Premium plan, they allow you to only add a simple payment button. If you want to add a shopping cart and create an eCommerce store, you must upgrade to the Business plan.
With a free account or even a personal or premium account, you still can't add plugins to your site. Therefore, you're very limited on what you can do to make your site look great and still earn money. Here is a great workaround for this using HTML coding. It is simple to install and I have already written the HTML code for you.
Steps:
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Sample table</title>
<style>
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
border: 3px solid blue;
width: 100%;
}
td {
width: 50%;
height: 18em;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
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</body>
</html>
You will need to adjust this code for the number of lines you want. The HTML code here will create you a table that is 2 column wide and 24 rows. If you want to add more rows just insert the <tr><td></td><td></td></tr> to the table. You can increase or decrease the number of lines in your table like this.
Paste this code in your HTML editor.
Now go back to the Visual editor and start adding your items to the table. I found out that you'll need to add the item on the right side of the table first and then the left side. This makes it easier to adjust the table, spacing and get the items to line up correctly. Here is what it will look like when you have it done.
If you are using this as an affiliate marketer you will need a buy now button. You will need to make this a clickable link. Add the button to the bottom of the image and adjust the button using the image adjustment. Once you have this in place, hit the link key while the image is highlighted. Add your affiliate link to the buy now button.
How to Sell eBooks On Your Web Site:
You will follow the same procedure as above. However, this time it will be a bit different.
Steps:
Creating a PayPal Pay Button:
Log into your PayPal Business Account.
Go to the Tool menu at the top of your account.
Select All Tools.
Find the Buy Now Button tool.
You'll need to give the item a name and number. Add your price that you are selling the item for. Just leave the rest of the information the same. No need to change any of this.
Go to the bottom of the page and click on Step 3.
I select no for all items because there is no need to collect this information.
You will want to click on your website information and add your website link. If a person doesn't complete the sale, this will redirect them back to your website.
Now add your link from your site where your eBook is uploaded to.
Hit the create button key.
You will now see the code for your site. You won't be able to use this code for a free WordPress account. Therefore, you'll need to click on the Email tab.
Now copy and paste this code into a word document. You'll need this code to create your payment button and download the books after payment.
You will need to repeat this procedure for each eBook that you wish to sell. Each one needs their own payment button and code.
I understand this is a bit of work to do, but if you don't have the money o pay for web hosting or upgrade to a Business plan this is a great way t sell on WordPress for free. You won't be able to add a shopping cart or plugins on a free account. Therefore, the only way to do this is to create a separate payment button for each downloadable book you want to sell on your website or blog.
Here is my payment proof that this actually works and people buy books from your website or blog using this method. This is actually really simple if a person just wants one or two books. They are redirected to pay for the item and the download starts immediately after it has been paid.
It Works Here is My Payment Proof:
With a free account or even a personal or premium account, you still can't add plugins to your site. Therefore, you're very limited on what you can do to make your site look great and still earn money. Here is a great workaround for this using HTML coding. It is simple to install and I have already written the HTML code for you.
Steps:
- You will need a PayPal Business account in order to do this.
- Sign up to Wordpress.com and choose a free blog account or even a website account.
- Select your theme and start to customize it. You can add a few pages to the theme to make it more attractive. I'd suggest to do your About Page, create one or two blog posts about you and what you do. If you want to sell your custom items or even eBooks you can write about these.
- Now create your seller pages. This will depend on you and how many different items you wish to sell. I'd suggest grouping your item together and keeping them all on one page. This is more attractive and makes it easier o find.
- This is great for affiliate marketing also. You can sell your affiliate products like this. If you sell custom T-shirts make a page for shirts, make one for other items like household goods, make one for bath and beauty. The possibility is endless and all you need to do is create a separate page for each item you wish to sell.
- Add all your images to your blog site under media.
- Make your "buy now or payment buttons". Add these images to your website.
- Create a new web page.
- Add your title and tags and a custom image to the top of the page.
- Add a few lines of text to the page. This will tell people how to shop on this page. If you are selling eBooks this one is a bit different.
- Now we are going to add a grid to the page. This is done with HTML code. Once you've finished with your text on the page go to the HTML tab. You will copy and past this code to the page now.
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Sample table</title>
<style>
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
border: 3px solid blue;
width: 100%;
}
td {
width: 50%;
height: 18em;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>
You will need to adjust this code for the number of lines you want. The HTML code here will create you a table that is 2 column wide and 24 rows. If you want to add more rows just insert the <tr><td></td><td></td></tr> to the table. You can increase or decrease the number of lines in your table like this.
Paste this code in your HTML editor.
Now go back to the Visual editor and start adding your items to the table. I found out that you'll need to add the item on the right side of the table first and then the left side. This makes it easier to adjust the table, spacing and get the items to line up correctly. Here is what it will look like when you have it done.
If you are using this as an affiliate marketer you will need a buy now button. You will need to make this a clickable link. Add the button to the bottom of the image and adjust the button using the image adjustment. Once you have this in place, hit the link key while the image is highlighted. Add your affiliate link to the buy now button.
How to Sell eBooks On Your Web Site:
You will follow the same procedure as above. However, this time it will be a bit different.
Steps:
- Upload your book images to your website.
- Upload your PDF books to your website.
- After you upload a PDF book go to the edit button. Here you will find the HTTP link to the book. Copy and past this link to a word document. You will need this link in order to create a download pay button for PayPal.
Creating a PayPal Pay Button:
Log into your PayPal Business Account.
Go to the Tool menu at the top of your account.
Select All Tools.
Find the Buy Now Button tool.
You'll need to give the item a name and number. Add your price that you are selling the item for. Just leave the rest of the information the same. No need to change any of this.
Go to the bottom of the page and click on Step 3.
I select no for all items because there is no need to collect this information.
You will want to click on your website information and add your website link. If a person doesn't complete the sale, this will redirect them back to your website.
Now add your link from your site where your eBook is uploaded to.
Hit the create button key.
You will now see the code for your site. You won't be able to use this code for a free WordPress account. Therefore, you'll need to click on the Email tab.
Now copy and paste this code into a word document. You'll need this code to create your payment button and download the books after payment.
You will need to repeat this procedure for each eBook that you wish to sell. Each one needs their own payment button and code.
I understand this is a bit of work to do, but if you don't have the money o pay for web hosting or upgrade to a Business plan this is a great way t sell on WordPress for free. You won't be able to add a shopping cart or plugins on a free account. Therefore, the only way to do this is to create a separate payment button for each downloadable book you want to sell on your website or blog.
Here is my payment proof that this actually works and people buy books from your website or blog using this method. This is actually really simple if a person just wants one or two books. They are redirected to pay for the item and the download starts immediately after it has been paid.
It Works Here is My Payment Proof: