Changing blog name (paying to take out 'wordpress')

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  16beasleyst · Member · Mar 31, 2016 at 1:43 pm

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  If I pay to have a custom address, e.g. change from blog.wordpress.com to blog.com – if someone keys in my old address or clicks on a link to it that’s been posted previosuly, will they be diverted to my blog with the new name? Thanks.

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  fstat · Staff · Mar 31, 2016 at 4:38 pm

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  The old address (the .wordpress.com one) will redirect to the mapped one.

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  16beasleyst · Member · Mar 31, 2016 at 4:58 pm

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  Thank you fstat, I thought that was the case but just wanted to check, appreciate the reassurance!

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  fstat · Staff · Mar 31, 2016 at 5:05 pm

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  You’re welcome! You can register your domain from within WordPress.com and the mapping will be automated. You can read more here:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/register-domain/