Building a new website

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  dlvmac56 · Member · Apr 21, 2020 at 2:06 pm

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  A business acquaintance wants me to build him a new website. We own the domain and do not need a renewal. I want to leave the current website up and running while we create the new one. What is the best way to handle this?

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  kokkieh · Staff · Apr 22, 2020 at 10:26 am

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  Hi there,

  All sites on WordPress.com get a free WordPress.com or .blog subdomain when the site is created, that functions just like any regular subdomain, and your site is fully online and accessible at that subdomain (provided you set it to public).

  So you can experiment and build your site at that free address, even upgrade the site while still using the free address, and only switch the domain over to us once you’re ready to take the existing site offline.

  When that time comes you’ll have two options: Leave the domain registered at the current provider and just connect it here with our domain mapping upgrade – free for as many domains as you want as long as you own a paid plan – or you can transfer the domain registration to us entirely – free for one domain as part of the plan, and the transfer process will also cause the domain to automatically renew for another year.

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/map-existing-domain/

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/move-domain/incoming-domain-transfer/