Does mapping my domain mean you're going to host it?

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    mevfrancisco · Member ·

    Hi! I have a domain marshmary.com and I purchased it from Godaddy, also their Managed WordPress hosting.

    I feel like I want to change my hosting service, and I found out about ‘mapping a domain’ to wordpress.

    I just want to know if that means wordpress will be my host if I do map my domain to wordpress, or is that a totally different thing and I still need to pay for domain + host + the mapping every year? Sorry about this, I’m not really techy and I don’t understand the articles I’ve read with all the techy terms. I hope you can explain it to me in terms that are a lot easier to understand. Thank you so much and I will be waiting for a response.

    All the best,
    Mary

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

  • rwaynick · Staff ·

    Hi Mary,

    I feel like I want to change my hosting service, and I found out about ‘mapping a domain’ to wordpress.

    marshmary.com is a WordPress site built using the software from WordPress.org.

    Only sites built with WordPress.com can be hosted on WordPress.com. Also, the domain mapping upgrade is for pointing an existing domain to a WordPress.com site.

    If you are looking to change your host check out this page: https://wordpress.org/hosting/

    You can learn about the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

    Let me know if that helps, or if you have any other questions.

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    auxclass · Member ·

    If you set up a blog on WordPress.COM, then transfer your content from Godaddy to your new blog on WordPress.COM – – at that point you can map your existing domain to your new blog here – that would make WordPress.COM your new host – you pay for the domain mapping – – but hosting is free

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    imtechnotoned · Member ·

    I have my blog Technotoned.wordpress.com and Now I want redirect it to my private domain Technotoned.com. This is not live at this moment.

    I have already purchased my domain and hosting space from godaddy.

    I don’t want to lose my traffic and I am confused what to do now.

    Should I still need to purchase hosting from wordpress?

    Please help me…

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