Wordpress Account Suspended on the very first day?

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by leon2007, Nov 2, 2008.

  1. #1
    I created a wordpress account yesterday but after 5-6 hours my account got suspended. When I emailed them they replied to me saying I broke one of their TOS which is very funny because my blog didn't have even a single post so on what basis did they suspend my account?

    Now my query is can I create another wordpress.com account or can I open a new account on wordpress.org or my account is banned forever?
     
    leon2007, Nov 2, 2008 IP
  2. Bohra

    Bohra Prominent Member

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    #2
    Well was the name of the blog against TOS ?
     
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  3. leon2007

    leon2007 Peon

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    Its leonsbeautysecrets, does this name violate their tos?
     
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    arwen54 Active Member

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    #4
    if you want to conduct business, don't use wordpress.com
    get yourself a domain, paid hosting and implement the self-hosted WordPress
     
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  5. leon2007

    leon2007 Peon

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    Thanks for ur advice:) Does it mean I can use wordpress.org with my domain and hosting space? I thought I would not be allowed to use wordpress.org because wordpress.com had suspended my account.
     
    leon2007, Nov 2, 2008 IP
  6. T1pt2p

    T1pt2p Well-Known Member

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    Yes you still allowed to use the wordpress script on your own server and using your own domain name.
     
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  7. leon2007

    leon2007 Peon

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    Thank you so much:) And Can I use ads, adsense and affiliate links on self hosted wordpress.org?
     
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    Xavier_3D Well-Known Member

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    #8
    Yes you can.
    Moreover except Wordpress.com all other Free Blogs like Blogger etc. also allow you to do that.
     
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    Bohra Prominent Member

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    Actually what he meant was download the script and host ur site urself
     
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    Thanks a lot:)
     
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  11. Gnoc

    Gnoc Active Member

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    If you don't have a post on your blog then how you got your account verified ?
    It may the reason why they banned you
     
    Gnoc, Nov 3, 2008 IP