Creating a new website

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  talawahee3a2b688719 · Member · Aug 28, 2020 at 12:24 am

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  Hi, I’m trying to start creating the website but its saying I have to wait 30 days since its a newly registered domain. Can I just start building the website? I don’t understand why I need to wait the 30 days to transfer the domain in order to get started.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Aug 28, 2020 at 11:53 am

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  Hi there,

  New domains cannot be transferred anywhere for 60 days after registration (shorter from a few specific domain extensions), but you don’t need to transfer a domain to create a site.

  First, all sites on WordPress.com get a free WordPress.com or .blog subdomain when the site is created, that functions just like any regular subdomain, and your site is fully online and accessible at that subdomain (provided you set it to public).

  So you can experiment and build your site at that free address, even upgrade the site while still using the free address, and only switch the domain over to us once you’re ready.

  Second, even while you can’t transfer your domain yet, you can point it to us, and connect it here using the domain mapping upgrade included in all our plans. Then you can transfer it later, once it becomes eligible, at no extra charge.

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/