change the domain/site name for an existing wordpress.com site

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  chrisrebbeck · Member · Feb 9, 2015 at 11:07 am

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  I have set up a small website for my local art group and then they went and changed their name. I am using a free wordpress.com domain. How do I move the pages already created to a new name.wordpress.com address?

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  megz0114 · Member · Feb 9, 2015 at 3:31 pm

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  If the new site name hasn’t already been taken (even by you) you can use the simple Change Blog Address process (support doc here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/) If you have already taken the new site name, you can use this process (http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-between-wordpress-com-blogs) for moving between two WordPress blogs.
  Good luck.

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 9, 2015 at 3:35 pm

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  Note the process is IRREVERSIBLE and you lose all search engine ranking unless you buy the redirect upgrade.