Do I have to purchase an upgrade in order to get a domain name from WordPress?
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Can I purchase a domain name from WordPress separately from purchasing an upgrade? Or can domain names be purchased separately?
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Purchasing a domain name through WordPress.com is an upgrade. Purchasing a domain mapping upgrade from WordPress.com for a domain you already own is also an upgrade.
Your content stays exactly where it is. All that changes is the URLs and your visitors are seamlessly redirected from the original .wordpress.com URLs to the same content under the new domain URLs.
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/
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. Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually You will have to renew the domain name purchase where you made it and the domain mapping purchase here every year.
See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own 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.
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Hi !
You have different options, one of them is buying a domain name through WordPress.com, you can learn more about it here : http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
If you already have the domain name and you want to map it to your site here, you can follow the instructions here : http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
Also, if you buy the Premium Plan, you’ll have the domain name and a few upgrades you might find useful, you can read about it here : http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/
Hope this helps !
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I appreciate the help. Allow me to make myself a bit more clear. Do I have to purchase the full premium upgrade (for $99) in order to have a domain name that does not include: wordpress.com? Or can I purchase only the domain name and leave the other content etc. of my blog as is? Thanks for the clarification.
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No you can buy the domain name alone, you can find more about it here : http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
It would be important to read what @timethief wrote in her reply :
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/ -
Do I have to purchase the full premium upgrade (for $99) in order to have a domain name that does not include: wordpress.com?
No. The domain mapping upgrade is a separate purchase. Read the information at the link I provided http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
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