Connecting to a domain

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  lexingtongspecialty · Member · Sep 27, 2018 at 5:52 pm

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  Hi, I need to connect my site to a domain I already own. How do I do that?

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  raunaqchawhan · Member · Sep 27, 2018 at 6:37 pm

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  Hello @lexingtongspecialty

  You’ll need an upgraded WordPress.com plan as each paid plan comes with a free domain credit which you can use to either register a new domain or transfer/map one you already own.

  Since you already own a domain and want to connect it to your site, you can either transfer that domain to WordPress.com or map that domain to your WordPress.com blog.

  For Transferring the domain to WordPress.com
  Requirements that need to be met before you can transfer your domain: https://en.support.wordpress.com/incoming-domain-transfer/#requirements-for-transferring-a-domain
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/incoming-domain-transfer/prepare-domain-for-transfer/

  Once, the requirements are met, follow the steps mentioned in this guide https://en.support.wordpress.com/incoming-domain-transfer/#transferring-a-domain-to-wordpress-com to transfer your domain.

  More information on domain transfer can be found in the following guide: https://en.support.wordpress.com/incoming-domain-transfer/

  For Mapping the domain to your WordPress.com blog
  You can follow the steps mentioned in this guide https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/ to map your domain to your WordPress.com blog.

  Hope this helps!