Change the domain name

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  presidentcacp · Member · Oct 6, 2017 at 11:19 pm

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  When setting up the account and playing around with the “free” version before purchasing, I created a dummy site “conwayacrescardinalparkneighborhoodassociation.wordpress.com”. I liked the features that wordpress incorporated, so I upgraded to premium. WordPress automatically removed the .wordpress from the name and now I am stuck with http://www.conwayacrescardinalparkneighborhoodassociation.com.
  The problem is I have a real domain already registered and paid for at GoDaddy that I just need to point to here…www.conwayacresandcardinalpark.com

  How do I change the WordPress domain name to match mine?

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  staff-imahappyengineer · Staff · Oct 7, 2017 at 3:11 am

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  Hello @presidentcacp,

  You can point your domain name registered to GoDaddy to your WordPress.com website through Domain Mapping.

  You will need to update your domain’s name servers to:

  NS1.WORDPRESS.COM
  NS2.WORDPRESS.COM
  NS3.WORDPRESS.COM

  You can find instructions for GoDaddy from this link below:
  https://ph.godaddy.com/help/set-custom-nameservers-for-domains-registered-with-godaddy-12317

  Let me know if you need further assistance.

  Regards,
  Rose

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  kokkieh · Staff · Oct 8, 2017 at 12:28 pm

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  Hi there,

  I can cancel the conwayacrescardinalparkneighborhoodassociation.com domain and restore the free domain credit in your plan so you can use it to map the domain you already own instead. But because domain cancellations are not easy to reverse I have to get your confirmation first that you’re sure you no longer wish to own that domain.

  Once you reply to confirm I can cancel that domain for you.