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  lnicolaison · Member · Feb 27, 2016 at 8:43 pm

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  Hi,
  We currently own a custom domain address through our 1&1 subscription but we are planning to cancel that contract. We would like to transfer the domain to wordpress for our site – what is the easiest way to do this? If we cancel our subscription with 1&1 we will lose the .org domain – could we just pay for a new domain from wordpress?
  Thank you,
  Lisa

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

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  timethief · Member · Feb 27, 2016 at 8:52 pm

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  See here and note how many duplicates were created
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/profile/lnicolaison

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  timethief · Member · Feb 27, 2016 at 8:55 pm

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  WordPress.COM does not accept domain transfers but mapping of existing domains is possible.

  WordPress.COM hosting is free of charge. When you purchase an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade that’s all you get – nothing more and nothing less. See here
  Important Notes Before Upgrading
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading

  NOTE: WordPress.COM blogs do not have permanent IP addresses. IP addresses here can and do can change over time and your domain may stop working if you rely on them. For more information about domain mapping and IP addresses please read https://en.support.wordpress.com/ip-addresses/

  re: mapping an existing domain
  All wordpress.com blogs are on .wordpress.com subdomains.
  WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers but mapping an existing domain is possible.

  If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the WordPress.COM blog, and as you own a domain URL already, you can see here for mapping an existing domain. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  Domain mapping of an existing domain URL that you already own and purchased elsewhere is not done free of charge. You will have to renew the domain name purchase where you made it, and also renew the domain mapping purchase here, each and every year.

  Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually and a domain name purchase and domain mapping are included in the Premium upgrade bundle.

  In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com sub-domain blog to map from and it does not matter what that underlying .wordpress.com URL is. It does not have to match the domain URL. If you do not register a .wordpress.com blog URL first then the software supplies the dot whatever URL so you can proceed with your domain mapping purchase.

  See https://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/

  Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/billing-history/

  Your only options for payment are found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/

  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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  justjennifer · Member · Feb 27, 2016 at 9:01 pm

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  And also answered here: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-1181?replies=3#post-2574844 apparently at the same time that you were answering, tt.

  Sometimes there is a hiccup in the forum software and duplicates are created.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 27, 2016 at 9:02 pm

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  @justjennifer
  My head is spinning … lol :D

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  lnicolaison · Member · Feb 27, 2016 at 9:04 pm

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  Thanks for the responses – sorry I don’t know why it posted so many times. Is there a way to delete all of the duplicates?

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  justjennifer · Member · Feb 27, 2016 at 9:06 pm

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  @lnicolaison – No worries. As I said, it’s a forum hiccup. Hope we answered your question(s). :)