Changing domain name
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I want to replace my blog’s default address with a custom domain to make it more flexible. If I purchase a new name, what will happen to people who are following the old address or type in the old URL?
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Hi there,
When you purchase a domain via a domain mapping upgrade and the .wordpress.com links are clicked anywhere on the internet they seamlesssly redirect to the same content under the new domain URLs. The good news is that that is what domain mapping is for and what it does. :)If you want to purchase domain mapping upgrade then read and act on what follows.
In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from, and the domain name you desire must be available for purchase, or you must already own the domain URL.
You must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard at > Store > My Upgrades to purchase upgrades for the blog.
See here if you do not own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
if you already have a website you don’t want to affect, and you want to add a blog to it under a subdomain (for example, blog.yourgroovydomain.com) see here http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-subdomain/
After you do the primary blog set up it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.
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