blog name incorrect

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  marahm2k5 · Member · Sep 14, 2013 at 9:15 pm

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  I need to talk to someone because the name of my blog is not the name that is showing to the public and before I pay the 18.00 I want to be sure that is correct

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

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  timethief · Member · Sep 14, 2013 at 9:16 pm

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  When you purchase a domain the URL of that domain is what appears to visitors to your site.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 14, 2013 at 9:19 pm

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  For more details on how domain mapping works read this > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/04/02/do-i-need-a-domain/

  Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading

  Registering a .com, .org, or .net domain through WordPress.com and mapping that domain to your blog starts at $18.00 per domain and per year, or $25.00 per domain and per year for a .me or .co domain. For $8.00 more, you can also make the domain registration private.
  Mapping a domain you already own costs $13.00 per domain, per year.

  If you want to purchase your own domain then in order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from. If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in 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. See here http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

  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.