Is Chess.com the right place for beginners?

Beginner, Intermediate, Master - this site has a little of something for everyone. Just remeber it is a public social forum and act appropriately. Good luck.

Yes! There are plenty of lower-rated players to try your skills against.

Also, may I recommend my "Chess Boot Camp" channel, where I analyse real games covering a range of ratings.

Here's the introduction.

You need a plan and follow it to go from beginner to intermediate to expert. The one I suggest is simple:

1) online play, long games so you think

2) analyze immediately after each game. Don’t use chess.com’s analysis. It doesn’t show alternative moves and there strengths.  Instead, copy the moves and analyze at www,chespractice.com

3) repeat, playing an hour or two every other day. 

4) Practice at www.chesspractice.com. Especially practice your openings over and over. Pick one opening and master it by these three steps. Put in a half our of practice before online play. 

Notice I did not include tactics or books. :) You’ll find your review of your games gives you tactical analysis. Books are dry and almost all authors are too focus on proving they are chess masters.  The only one I recommend is Handbook of Chess. It’s a free book on amazon kindle.