Domain Hosting

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  ldallen1 · Member · Aug 14, 2017 at 5:05 pm

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  Hello, I’d like to know if WordPress provides hosting services. I am looking to move our domain from one service to another.

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  timethief · Member · Aug 14, 2017 at 6:54 pm

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  To use any existing custom domain on any wordpress.COM hosted site requires an upgraded plan that provides for mapping an existing domain.

  WordPress.com provides free blogs and hosts them all free of charge. There are no bandwidth charges. All WordPress.com blogs come with 3000 megabytes (~3 GBs) of space for storing uploaded files and images. Free features are listed here https://en.wordpress.com/features/

  We have 4 different plans: free, personal, premium and business. All hosting is free regardless of which plan you choose. You can view all wordpress.com plan features here https://wordpress.com/pricing/ Add a plan for each of your sites here: http://store.wordpress.com/plans/.

  How domain mapping works
  Registering an underlying .wordpress.com URL first is required for domain mapping. What domain mapping does is providing a seamless redirect to the very same content under the new domain URL when a person clicks the old URL .wordpress.com to the original content. It can take up to 72 hours for domain propagation to take place throughout the internet but it doesn’t usually take that long. https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

  There are 3 ways to add a custom domain to your blog. Please note that an active WordPress.com plan is required to add a custom domain to your site. https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#getting-started

  WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers but mapping an existing domain is possible. http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/ The domain or mapping of any existing domain URL is included in the pricing for a personal upgrade, a premium and a business upgrade. The WordPress.COM upgrade for mapping a domain must be renewed annually.

  WordPress.com does not provide an email service for blogs on their sub domains or on custom domains. Please see these support docs
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/add-email/
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/email-forwarding/

  Please go to https://wordpress.com/pricing/ if you wish to upgrade.

  If you are migrating from a self hosted WordPress.ORG site to WordPress.COM please see: Moving from a Self-Hosted WordPress to WordPress.com
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-from-self-hosted-wordpress-to-wordpress-com/ https://en.support.wordpress.com/coming-from-self-hosted/

  Otherwise see: Importing Content from Another Platform

  Import a Website

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  gemmacevans · Member · Aug 15, 2017 at 11:13 am

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  Hi ldallen1,

  I am looking to move our domain from one service to another.

  We don’t currently support incoming domain transfers, so it won’t be a possible to transfer your domain to WordPress.com. However, an existing domain can be connected to a WordPress.com site using domain mapping:

  http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

  The account you are logged into doesn’t own any sites. Do you wish to create a new site here on WordPress.com or are you purely looking to transfer your domain to another registrar?