Buying a domain without Premium

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  beautinessandsoul · Member · Jun 19, 2017 at 4:46 pm

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  Hello there.
  I am trying to buy a domain for my blog beautinessandsoul.wordpress.com
  but it says that beautinessandsoul.com is ‘Included in WordPress.com Premium’. I have purchased domains for other blogs, costing about 18$ for a year (if I remember correctly), but a Premium account is too expensive.
  What can I do?

  Thank you in advance
  Eleni Anousaki

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

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  amandasjackson · Staff · Jun 19, 2017 at 5:18 pm

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  Hello,

  I believe you can purchase a “Personal” WordPress.com account for 3.99 per month.

  Or you can also look into having an external service host your domain. Here is a link to a few choices

  Hope this helps

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  gemmacevans · Member · Jun 20, 2017 at 10:14 am

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  Hi Eleni,

  I have purchased domains for other blogs, costing about 18$ for a year (if I remember correctly), but a Premium account is too expensive.

  You can register a domain using any paid plan, including Personal. Start by choosing the plan from this page:

  https://wordpress.com/plans/

  Then add the domain you would like to use.

  Custom domains are now only available with paid plans — they use to be a standalone upgrade but this was discontinued last year. The Personal plan is the cheapest option if you are upgrading primarily to register a domain.

  Come back to me if you have any questions.

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  beautinessandsoul · Member · Jun 21, 2017 at 6:41 am

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  Thank you both!
  I didn’t realize that buying a domain with Free plan is not an option any more…

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  gemmacevans · Member · Jun 21, 2017 at 9:02 am

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  You’re welcome Eleni!