domain, hosting and email questions. I am confused

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    yogagirl70 · Member ·

    Hi, I want to register my domain name astrangesoup.com and I want to host it on wordpress. Can I add an account in my gmail like ‘strangesoup.com’? What is the cost of domain name ‘astrangesoup.com’ and hosting for 1 year?

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  • rossviviano · Staff ·

    Hi!

    Have you checked out https://wordpress.com/pricing/ :-)

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    To register a domain with us, or to connect a domain you already own, you will need to add a paid plan to your site first by going to My Site ->Plans. You can see the cost of our plans on that page, as well as at the link provided above. The plan will include one free domain that you can use to register or connect your domain.

    Domains

    Can I add an account in my gmail like ‘strangesoup.com’?

    I’m not sure what you mean. If you mean you want an email address set up like (email visible only to moderators and staff), we don’t provide those directly, but you can sign up with another provider (there are free and paid options available) and then you can connect the email address to your domain:

    Add Email

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    tumanjong · Member ·

    Hi the $99 plan does it come with free hosting I really need to know,if I buy this plan do I need to buy hostit from another host provider?is it just a one click then WordPress designs my site and host it automatically

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    @tumanjong

    On WordPress.com, hosting is free. The moment you created your site, godsgracesufficient.wordpress.com, you got full hosting for that site from us. The plans are not to pay for hosting, but to add extra features, like a custom domain, to that free site.

    The WordPress for which you need to buy hosting is a completely different version of WordPress, called WordPress.org. In many respects it is similar to WordPress.com, but in others it works differently, and you can do things with that version that you can’t do on WordPress.com, like installing your own themes and plugins. It’s a bit more complicated to use than WordPress.com, though.

    WordPress.com and WordPress.org

    Let me know if you have any more questions about this.

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