changing the url name

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  judecoach · Member · Mar 2, 2015 at 2:02 am

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  i had a friend set up the basic website. we chose the name seattletransitincoach.com. i have now changed my mind and want to rename it at the url level as well. how do i do that? i’ve already registered the domain name with godaddy.

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  stothek · Member · Mar 2, 2015 at 2:07 am

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  Hey there! Since you already have the domain you want to use, you just need to get the domain mapping upgrade and point your new domain to your WordPress.com blog. Here’s how: https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

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  johnbrennanlive · Member · Mar 2, 2015 at 2:30 am

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  I think that in WordpPress all you have to do is change the slug.

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  johnbrennanlive · Member · Mar 2, 2015 at 2:43 am

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  Take a look here.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 2, 2015 at 4:28 am

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  @johnbrennanlive
  You are wrong.

  @judecoach
  Ad stothek observed there is no domain mapping upgrade for seattletransitincoach.com here at WordPress.com. If you would like to use this domain you will first need to set up domain mapping.

  Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading

  WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers but mapping an existing domain is possible.

  Domain mapping of an existing domain URL that you already own and purchased elsewhere is not done free of charge. You will have to renew the domain name purchase where you made it and the domain mapping purchase here every year.

  Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually. In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from and it does not matter what that underlying .wordpress.com URL is. It does not have to match the domain URL. If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog and purchase a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog.

  If you own that domain then see here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades is where you do the primary blog set up knowing 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.

  All that changes when you are domain mapping is the URL and nothing else. The content stays exactly where it is. Payment methods are found at http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/

  If you succeed at purchasing the domain mapping upgrade it will be reflected at these two spots:
  Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/

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