$99 charge

• 

  dwd37dwd37 · Member · Jun 2, 2017 at 7:52 pm

  • Copy link
  • Add topic to favorites

  Hello, I’m not getting the option to use a .com address. I own it with Go Daddy and am trying to add that into the WordPress site but it wants to charge me $99. Why?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

• 

  timethief · Member · Jun 2, 2017 at 7:58 pm

  • Copy link

  Domain mapping is not done free of charge. If you enter the domain URL before you purchase the personal plan required to map to an existing domain the premium upgrade is the result.

  You can do that under the personal plan but you need to add the plan first. If you add the domain first, Premium is selected automatically.

  Go to My Site ->Plans and buy the Personal Plan, and then you can go back and claim your free domain at My Site ->Domains ->Add.
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/custom-domain-89?replies=6#post-2882612

  How domain mapping works
  Registering an underlying .wordpress.com URL first is required for domain mapping. That underlying URL does not have to match the domain URL when you are domain mapping. What domain mapping does is providing a seamless redirect to the very same content under the new domain URL when a person clicks the old URL .wordpress.com to the original content. It can take up to 72 hours for domain propagation to take place throughout the internet but it doesn’t usually take that long. https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

  There are 3 ways to add a custom domain to your blog. Please note that an active WordPress.com plan is required to add a custom domain to your site. https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#getting-started

  WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers but mapping an existing domain is possible. http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

  The domain or mapping of any existing domain URL is included in the pricing for a personal upgrade, a premium and a business upgrade. The WordPress.COM upgrade for mapping a domain must be renewed annually.

  We have 4 different plans: free, personal, premium and business. All hosting is free regardless of which plan you choose. You can view all wordpress.com plan features here https://wordpress.com/pricing/ Add a plan for each of your sites here: http://store.wordpress.com/plans/.