Do you have to pay for your domain on wordpress and go daddy

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  brandifoodiesbakersblog · Member · Jun 21, 2013 at 1:00 am

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  My question is about hosting my site. I have paid go daddy for the domain name. How and why do I need to pay again on wordpress too.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Jun 21, 2013 at 6:32 am

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  Hi,

  You need the Domain Mapping upgrade. This allows you to replace your ______.wordpress.com URL with a domain name that you own. you can find instructions for setting Domain Mapping up on this page:

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

  Take a look through it and let me know if you have any questions or trouble.