Changing blog address from wordpress to normal domain & links from another place

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  gogameindie · Member · Mar 7, 2015 at 7:01 pm

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  I putting link to my blog from another sites. Links are “gogameindie.wordpress.com” format. I wonder if I want in the future change domain to gogameindie.com directly, do I lost all links from the other sites? And users who clicks this links will see error page?

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  kokkieh · Staff · Mar 8, 2015 at 8:20 am

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  Hi there. If you buy a custom domain and map it to your WordPress.com site, all your links will technically still start with http://gogameindie.wordpress.com/, but people will see gogameindie.com in their browser. No matter which of the links people use, they will get to your content as the system will automatically redirect them.

  However, if you ever leave WordPress.com and set up a self-hosted site at your custom domain you’ll need to buy the site redirect upgrade to do this.

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  gogameindie · Member · Mar 8, 2015 at 2:50 pm

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  Hi
  Thank You for Your answer. It is nice that I do not loose older links :)
  What exactly is “site redirect upgrade”? And where it is to buy? On wordpress.com or for example from my future hosing supplier?

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  kokkieh · Staff · Mar 8, 2015 at 5:54 pm

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  If you move to another host, you buy the site redirect upgrade for your blog here on WordPress.com (so don’t delete it). All the information on the site redirect is here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/

  And should you want to move your content and followers to a self-hosted site, you can follow the instructions here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org