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  kyled123 · Member · Sep 7, 2011 at 11:44 pm

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  If I buy a domain with WordPress, do I need hosting? Would it be better to buy the domain and hosting outside of wordpress?

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  timethief · Member · Sep 8, 2011 at 12:11 am

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  WordPress.com offers a domain name and domain mapping upgrade at a bargain price. If you wish you can still have your blog free hosted by WordPress.com. In the future if your wish to move the blog to a WordPress.org install then all you have to do is change where the name servers point to. Please read this information carefully.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
  http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/

  Important Notes Before Upgrading
  Same Rules Apply – The Domain Mapping Upgrade does not enable the permission to use advertising, any kind of prohibited code, or upload additional themes or plugins. With the upgrade, your blog will still be hosted here at WordPress.com, which means that you will not have FTP access to your files and you will still be required to abide by our Terms of Service.

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  kyled123 · Member · Sep 8, 2011 at 12:23 am

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  Is the hosting unlimited? Would it be a better deal to buy the domain from WP instead of buying the domain and hosting from another website?

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 8, 2011 at 12:27 am

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  It’s generally a better deal to buy the upgrade here, BUT it depends what you want to do. What do you mean by “is the hosting unlimited?” You have 3 gig of space for your blog, including all images in it. You can buy space upgrades if you need more. What did you have in mind?

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  kyled123 · Member · Sep 8, 2011 at 12:30 am

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  I’m doing a technology website….

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  timethief · Member · Sep 8, 2011 at 12:33 am

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  And specifically what do you need? Note that hosting costs are based on bandwidth and storage requirements.

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 8, 2011 at 12:33 am

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  I don’t need to know subject matter. I need to know if you’re embedding raw Flash and iFrames, using proprietary javascript widgets, uploading video to your blog, stuff like that. Because that’s all easier with an independently-hosted site, not WordPress.com.

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 8, 2011 at 12:33 am

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  I don’t need to know subject matter. I need to know if you’re embedding raw Flash and iFrames, using proprietary javascript widgets, uploading video to your blog, stuff like that. Because that’s all easier with an independently-hosted site, not WordPress.com.

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  kyled123 · Member · Sep 8, 2011 at 12:53 am

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  so go with something other than WordPress?

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 8, 2011 at 1:02 am

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  I don’t know. Are you doing all of those things? If so, then go with WordPress.ORG and independent hosting, rather than WordPress.COM.

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  kyled123 · Member · Sep 8, 2011 at 1:13 am

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  What is the big benefit of wordpress.org?

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 8, 2011 at 1:18 am

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  That you can do those things.

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org