buying a .blog domain
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If I buy whatmatters2016.blog does that mean my whatmatters2016.wordpress.com content ‘transfers’ over to that new address? Does it simply become the new URL? I am new to this sort of thing and don’t really understand how this works…
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Please read the sticky post at the top of these support forums https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/help-with-dotblog-domains?replies=1
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Regardless of whether it is a dotblog, dotcom, dotnet or any other dotdomain that you add as a part of your WordPressdotcom Plan, it will replace the yoursite.wordpress.com address that your visitors see.
Here’s more about domains: https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
Let us know if you have any other questions about this.
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@justjennifer
I’m not clear on whether or not I ought to be posting how to select plans purchase upgrades into these threads or not. -
re: purchasing upgrades
WordPress.com provides free blogs and hosts them free of charge. There are no bandwidth charges. All WordPress.com blogs come with 3000 megabytes (~3 GBs) of space for storing uploaded files and images. Free features are listed here https://en.wordpress.com/features/
We have different plans: free, personal, premium and business. All hosting is free regardless of which plan you choose. You can view all plan features here https://wordpress.com/pricing/ See also add a plan for your site here: http://store.wordpress.com/plans/.
There are no monthly payment plans and no bulk deal upgrades. We are billed annually. Also note that purchase orders are not accepted. We must pay for all upgrades in full at the time of purchase. The new domain and domain mapping http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/ or mapping of any existing domain you already own http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/ is included in the pricing for a personal upgrade, premium and business upgrades.
Make sure you read the comparison very closely do you know exactly what the restrictions and limitations on WordPress.COM blogging are: http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
Read sure to read Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading
WordPress.com does not provide an email service for blogs on their sub domains or on custom domains. Please see these support docs
https://en.support.wordpress.com/add-email/
https://en.support.wordpress.com/email-forwarding/re: domain mapping
Domain mapping provides 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/You must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard and purchase upgrades at > Dashboard> Store > My Upgrades
https://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
https://en.support.wordpress.com/billing-history/Your only options for payment are found here Payment Methods http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/
WordPress.com provides a 30-day refund on all upgrades except Domain Registrations, Domain Renewals, and Guided Transfers. The refund period for Domain Registrations and Renewals is 48 hours.
Note: It takes from 1 – 2 weeks for the refund to be received.
You have to be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard, cancel any upgrades, claim a refund for any qualified upgrades, and disable auto-renew. Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades. You can also disable auto-renew there. http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/#canceling-upgrades
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@tt – I think this was more of a “what happens to my site address if I buy a domain” kind of thing so it looks like we’ve got it covered. :)
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