changing web site provider to wordpress, will people still find me?
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I want to change web site provider to wordpress. Can people still find me at dorischarest.com if I switch? I do not want to loose anyone I have contact with.
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Hi dorischarest,
If that is your domain name dorischarest.com you are able to purchase the upgrade of Domain Mapping and then direct that name to your WordPress.com site.
If you have a look at this site it will explain the steps involved.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/Let me know if that makes sense.
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My domain name provider is Go Daddy. Can I not just change the location from my old website to wordpress? Is that not possible?
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WordPress.com provides free blogs and free hosting for them. WordPress.com does not accept domain name transfers but mapping to an existing domain can be done.
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.
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.
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Can I cancel my domain name at go daddy and re-apply with wordpress?
Or, continue the transfer until the paid amount is over then go direct to wordpress? -
If you do that it can take 90 days or longer to get the same domain name back, and in fact, there is no guarantee that you can get it back at all. Don’t do it!
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Thanks for the help and the quick reply. I was just not wanting the extra cost.
I can see there is no way around it.
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