Avoid Hosting?

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  kreeenti · Member · Jan 31, 2014 at 9:50 pm

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  Hi Guys

  Is there any way to get a “free hosting” and not have the http://www.mywebsite.worldpress.com just http://www.mywebsite.com?

  I’m new, brand new coming out of the box, please help.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 31, 2014 at 9:53 pm

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  Yes. In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/ and the domain name you desire must be available for purchase.

  After you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog and purchase a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog from the blog’s dashboard at > Store > My Upgrades.

  See here if you do not own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

  See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  See here for mapping a sub-domain (for a domain with an existing website) to your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-subdomain/

  Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades is where you do the primary blog set up knowing it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 31, 2014 at 9:55 pm

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  Also before you go ahead with this please read this section very carefully > Domains – Important Notes Before Upgrading

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