Change domain name of my website

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  mariealixravel · Member · Oct 21, 2020 at 10:18 am

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  Hi,
  I bought a domain name on namecheap.com and would like to use it for my existing website at WordPress. What’s the process? Thank you. Marie

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  shubhamgmath · Member · Oct 21, 2020 at 12:57 pm

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  Hi mariealixravel

  To add a custom domain to your WordPress.com site you must be under one of the paid plans of WordPress.com. Please refer to the link below to know more about the plan pricing and features:
  https://wordpress.com/pricing/

  To add your already purchased domain to your WordPress.com site there are two ways to do that:
  1. Transferring the domain to WordPress.com
  – If you have purchased the domain more than 60 days ago then you can transfer that domain to WordPress.com. In this, you will be able to manage your hosting and domain both with WordPress.com.
  https://wordpress.com/support/domain-mapping-vs-domain-transfer/

  2. Mapping your existing domain with WordPress.com site
  -If you want to keep the domain with the existing registrar then you can just use the domain mapping features of WordPress.com
  For more information on this please refer to the support document below:
  https://wordpress.com/support/domains/map-existing-domain/

  Let us know if you have any questions.

  Hope this helps.