Changes after converting to own domain

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  lutherderondee · Member · Oct 28, 2011 at 11:49 am

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  Hi – We are strongly considering removing the “.wordpress” from our URL and converting to the main domain. Would this change any of hte following items:

  1. Change existing settings/design. What about email subscribers?
  2. If somebody goes to the site WITH the “.wordpress.com”, would that automatically take them to to the new URL or do I have to pay for that??

  Please advise. Thank you very much for your time.

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 28, 2011 at 12:04 pm

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  1) no
  2) yes, but you have to pay to connect the URL with your WP.com blog in the first place.

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  keepcranepointnatural · Member · Oct 28, 2011 at 3:43 pm

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  I decided to remove “wordpress” from my name, after I’d had the blog for a week. I paid for the upgrade, including the $8 privacy option.
  Now I cannot view or edit the site while I am logged in. Error message is Invalid key [6]

  It could be a problem with your ISP, especially if you use satellite (I use Hughes)

  I can log out, then view the site. But while logged in I cannot preview, effectively making it impossible to update.

  look up the post entitled “Domain mapping causes invalid key error message”

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  airodyssey · Member · Oct 28, 2011 at 3:45 pm

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  @keepcranepointnatural: Your question is already being looked after on your own thread.
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/after-buying-domain-now-get-invalid-key-6?replies=4
  Please don’t report the same problem in more than one thread, it just confuses everyone.

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  keepcranepointnatural · Member · Oct 28, 2011 at 4:56 pm

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  Sorry, but I didn’t intend to “confuse” anyone, only to respond to lutherderondee’s post about possible problems in removing “wordpress” from his URL.