Can i move my wp blog to a domain name i own?

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  freelancewritingnotebook · Member · Jan 30, 2014 at 5:09 pm

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  I don’t know if I screwed up or not.
  I bought a domain name from godaddy, but made the blog on wp.
  did i mess up?

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

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  urbanogreg · Member · Jan 30, 2014 at 7:25 pm

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  my domian is from godaddy, i just paid wp the extra to have my wp blog
  go to the store option in your dashboard and look for “add a domain”

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  freelancewritingnotebook · Member · Jan 30, 2014 at 8:32 pm

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  Hi Greg,
  Thank you for writing back! Ok, so I did that. Now, how do I make it so that’s my url (without the word ‘wordpress’ in it)?

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  timethief · Member · Jan 30, 2014 at 8:35 pm

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  @jpscheetz
  Please read this first so your are crystal clear on the restrictions and limitations http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  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 at > Store > My Upgrades.

  In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from and the domain name you desire must be available for purchase.

  As you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog and purchase a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog.

  See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades is where you do the primary blog set up knowing it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.