Buying a domain – ensuring redirection

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  gerrypatt · Member · Nov 9, 2012 at 9:31 am

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  I think I might have found the answer, but want to be clear before I press ‘buy’. I have a blog now on WP (http://gerrypatt.wordpress.com) and might want to buy a domain for it, changing the url to something like ‘vicious-cycle’ – to reflect the name of my blog better. My main concerns are 1) anyone trying to access the old url will get redirected, and 2) the many incoming links I have to the blog will work. Is it all taken care of?
  Blog url: http://gerrypatt.wordpress.com/

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Nov 9, 2012 at 9:39 pm

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  Hi there,

  1) anyone trying to access the old url will get redirected

  Yes, your http://gerrypatt.wordpress.com URL will still work just fine, even if you add a custom domain. You can also choose which one you want to be the primary domain under Store > Domains.

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  2) the many incoming links I have to the blog will work.

  Yes, all your older incoming links will still work.

  Just let us know if you have any other questions.

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  gerrypatt · Member · Nov 10, 2012 at 12:42 pm

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  Many thanks! I’ll get onto changing it soon.

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Nov 10, 2012 at 2:07 pm

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  My pleasure.