Domain change

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  laggiedurham · Member · Dec 19, 2012 at 10:32 am

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  I can’t figure out how to point my blog to the domain I purchased through WordPress. Please help me figure this out

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  zandyring · Staff · Dec 19, 2012 at 6:55 pm

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  Hi there,

  So it looks like you have mapped that domain, but the domain itself doesn’t appear to be registered to anyone. In fact, WordPress.com can’t register domains that end in .ca (you can read more about that here:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/register-domain/#before-upgrading-important-notes)

  What you can do is register that domain with another registrar, then map it to your blog. I can go ahead and cancel the mapping that is currently on your blog and refund you the purchase price if you’d like to do that.

  If you need help mapping to a domain that’s already registered, I’d be happy to help!

  Cheers!

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  laggiedurham · Member · Dec 20, 2012 at 11:30 am

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  Okay, great, thanks for the response. I have now purchased the domain. What is the next step?

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  zandyring · Staff · Dec 20, 2012 at 5:14 pm

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  Ok, great!

  So the next thing you’ll have to do is update your nameservers. Nameservers are part of the instructions for the domain that tell it where to direct to. You want it to direct to your WordPress.com blog, so you have to tell the nameservers to point here.

  You’ll log into your registrar (where you registered the domain), and find where you can manage your domain. There you will find an option to see and edit the nameservers. Right now, your nameservers are:
  ns2.hostpapa.com, ns1.hostpapa.com

  You need to change them so that they are:
  NS1.WORDPRESS.COM, NS2.WORDPRESS.COM, and NS3.WORDPRESS.COM

  Once you do that, it will take a little while (usually a few hours) to propagate across the web.

  Then you should be all set!

  Let me know if you have additional questions!