I. Finally. Upgraded!
I have been waiting since February for this day to come but in all honesty, I feel like it was worth the wait and while waiting I had a chance to do my research and figure out what features I wanted to add on my site and how I wanted it to look like. I am happy because now I have everything I need and my site looks like it’s wearing a suit.
I literally feel so grown – feels like I have done something huge, something that has brought me much closer to bigger things. I thought about self-hosting my site with HostGator but after much consideration I figured I might as well just upgrade on WordPress since this platform provides me with all the necessary things.
The WordPress Premium Plan
Anyway, let me tell you why I am so excited. I had been using the free plan since I started blogging (October 2016) and I recently upgraded to the premium plan which comes with so many benefits. I had to pay an annual fee of $99 (R1 300) but I really cannot complain. At least I can start making money off my site now.
The space has been extended from 3GB to 13GB which is great. I also got to remove the WordPress advertisements that linger around when visitors come to the site. The most important thing that I wanted to do was to remove the ‘wordpress’ off my domain/URL and I did it. Previously my domain was http://www.buddingregardless.wordpress.com and now it is http://www.buddingregardless.com.
Theme Choice
How did I get my site looking so sweet yet professional? This premium plan comes with thousands of themes and I had been eyeing this Rosalie theme for months now and this plan gave me the privilege to customise it any way I wish to. If you would like to purchase this theme, it is $49 (+/-R650) – you will not regret it. This theme looks absolutely beautiful on any device (especially a laptop).
Pages Updated
Also, since I was pretty much revamping my site, I decided to edit my About and Bucket List page too so you can check that out. I kind of wanted to have 100 things to do on my Bucket List so I randomly added cool things to do.
Related Updates
I added more categories as well – Blogging, Adventures and Tips because I will be exploring, experiencing and experimenting a whole lot more. I cannot limit myself hence great blogs will continue to flood your emails if you are subscribed. Also, I created a new email address, so if you need to holla at me for any reason or even collaborations, you can do so on my personal email – umbalenhlek@gmail.com
This change got me feeling all kinds of giggidy inside. I love change, I love to see growth, I love challenges and I love the feeling of being proud of myself. I will have to juggle school, dance and blogging like a master now, anything is possible with determination and self-motivation so hopefully every little stream in my life will continue to flow and flourish. Budding Regardless is still pretty much budding regardless – growth on steroids.
Until next time,
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[…] I upgraded from the free WordPress plan to the premium plan and finally got my own domain. I did a whole post on my upgrade and you can read about it here. […]
Congratulations girl..Just wanted to know how do you create an email subscription..does it come with the Rosalie theme or what?
Customise your blog, click on Widgets and ‘Follow blog’ is the one l used for my subscriptions☄
Thanks lots Mbalenhle
Congrats!
Thanks for sharing your excitements with us.
I also want to upgrade, but maybe to Business plan, because I want to create a complete e-learning environment for my blog.
Can you install any plugins in Premium?
It seems I can only do this in Business.
John Shalom
I think the business plan is the best option in your case. And no, l cannot install plugins on this plan. Goodluck nonetheless, l hope everything works out 🙌.
Thanks John🌻
[…] I upgraded from the free WordPress plan to the premium plan and finally got my own domain. I did a whole post on my upgrade and you can read about it here. […]
Congrats dear
Congrats! You’ve done so well with your blog. Inspired!
Thank you so much 🤗💖
Congratulations!
I have a question though: how can you earn money with a premium plan? Is it also possible with a personal plan?
xxx, Yara
Hey Yara🙋, l haven’t put up any ads yet for commission and no, monetizing your site isn’t possible with the personal plan – it’s on the premium and the business plan💖
Ok thanks for answering!
And sorry for answering decades later xox
Congratulations! 🙂
Well done, it looks beautiful <3
Thank you Vilina 🤗💟
It looks awesome!! I love how excited you are 🙂 Cheers to continuing to create great content here <3
So excited 😊. Thank you so much Christy 🤗💖
This is awesome. Very happy for you and I wish you lots of fun. Take care. -Dominique
Ahhh 🤗. Thanks a lot 💕
You are welcome.
Congrats Mbalenhle on the upgrade
Thank you so much 🤗
I love Premium! Welcome honey 🙂
Thank you Mapitso 🤗
Congratulations girl! I wanna do this soon too especially because of the ads. Hopefully it will be sooner than later. Well done.
Thanks Mariam 💖. I hope you upgrade soon too🤗
Congrats!! 💕
Thank you☺
Omg! Congrats Mbalenhle. Way to go. Some of us are still saving up 😅😅
Thank you 😉! Haha. Keep saving up, it’ll be worth it 💕
Congratulations! I hope to meet you guys on the premium side very soon 🙂
Thanks so much 🤗
Congrats! I recently upgraded too and it has been a learning experience for sure lol. Good luck with your new site :))
Thank you Jess 🤗
Congrats girl 💪. Can’t wait to wait to to upgrade mine.
Thank you so much 😊. It’s worth the wait, trust me ❣
Well done!
Thank you😊
You are welcome!
That’s so exciting! Congratulations! I remember when I upgraded my blog and site and how giddy I felt! It truly is wonderful 👍🏼😊 x
-Helene | https://angelspartaness.com/
I literally can’t stop logging in to look at it😅. Haha. Thank you Helene 😙
This is awesome!!! Congrats girl. The site sure looks clean and that’s way to go. Growth is welcome.
http://jessicahugoinspire.com
YASS!🙌 Thanks Jessica 💖