cannot map registered domain – unhelpful error message
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Hi. I’ve tried repeatedly to map my domain by following your article “Use a Domain You Already Own (Domain Mapping)” but I keep getting the following error message:
“Sorry but lamborghiniclub.ae has not been registered yet therefore cannot be mapped”.Please help. I have exhausted my research on this.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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When we need Staff help with issues Volunteers cannot resolve like this one wherein Staff have to add a zone record to make domain mapping possible we type modlook into the sidebar tags on our forum threads. I did that for you.
How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Then we subscribe to this thread so we are notified when they respond. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.
After Staff add the zone record you will be able to follow-through.
re: mapping an existing domain
WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers but mapping an existing domain is possible.Domain mapping of an existing domain URL that you already own and purchased elsewhere is not done free of charge. You will have to renew the domain name purchase where you made, it and the domain mapping purchase here, each and every year.
Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually and a domain name purchase and domain mapping are included in the Premium upgrade bundle.
In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com sub-domain blog to map from and it does not matter what that underlying .wordpress.com URL is. It does not have to match the domain URL.
If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the WordPress.COM blog, and as you own a domain URL already, you can see here for mapping an existing domain. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
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.
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Howdy,
I have added a one week temporary domain mapping for lamborghiniclub.ae to your site. You will need to renew it yourself through https://wordpress.com/purchases to keep it longer than that.
Once you have renewed your subscription, you will need to continue following the guide on mapping domains from step 2: https://en.support.wordpress.com/map-existing-domain/#2-ask-your-domain-provider-to-update-your-dns-settings
Please let me know if I can help with anything else.
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Thanks for your help. We are close however it seems the lamborghiniclub.ae domain is now mapped to the wrong blog. It should be mapped to http://lamborghiniclubuae.wordpress.com.
Please correct and I’ll finalise the purchase.
Thanks,
Glenn -
Hi. I just checked again and the error still exists. Please redirect the mapping as requested initially or tell me how to do it. It is damaging professionally to have lamborghiniclub.ae map to my personal wordpress blog.
I trust you will correct this ASAP.
Thanks.
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I have set lamborghiniclub.ae to point to http://lamborghiniclubuae.wordpress.com.
Let me know if things are not working correctly now. Do not forget to renew the temporary mapping upgrade, or it will expire.
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