Building a site before transferring your domain
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Hi lovely people!
I have a website with another provider which I’d like to move to WordPress. Is it possible to build a site in WordPress and then close my old site down once the new one is ready? I can’t see how to build a WordPress site without moving my domain over which I obviously don’t want to do as I can’t be without a website.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Emily -
Why not create a free site initially with a subdomain ending in .blog or ,wordpress.com. When you’re ready you can upgrade to a paid plan to transfer/map your existing domain to that site. Depending on where your site is hosted and what software it uses you may be able to export/import your content.
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Hi Magicrobot, you really are magic – thank you I’ll do exactly that!
Once the new site is ready do you know how I transfer/map the existing domain? -
Does this support doc help: https://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping-vs-domain-transfer/
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