Changing web search url

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  seancreighton1947 · Member · Apr 22, 2014 at 10:55 pm

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  When I set up the blog I assumed that the url would be johnarcher.com as it is with other WordPress sites I regularly read e.g. insidecroydon.com and thecroydoncitizen.com. The url is my name as below. How can I change it so the url reads johnarcher.com?

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  Sean Creighton 1947

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  timethief · Member · Apr 22, 2014 at 10:59 pm

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  Hi there,
  Domain mapping of an existing domain URL that you already own and purchased elsewhere is not done free of charge. You will have to purchase a domain mapping upgrade and renew both the domain name where you bought it and the domain mapping upgrade here every year ie. in two different places.

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

  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. 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.

  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.