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  associazionecoolture · Member · May 19, 2014 at 5:55 pm

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  i tried to purchase a .com domain for 15 a year. how i go .com now? chose the .com one, went to the end of the procedure. i got a wordpress.com instead… dont know why. whatever… how do go .com now? thanks

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  timethief · Member · May 19, 2014 at 6:03 pm

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  What is the domain URL starting with http:// that you tried to purchase?

  What do you see in these two locations?

  Dashboard >Store > My Upgrades
  Dashboard > Store> Billing History

  Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading
  All About Domains http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/all-about-domains/

  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 a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog.

  See here if you do not own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

  See here if you already own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  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.