Domain Hosting Expiration Questions
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I would like to start hosting outside of wordpress.com and have been waiting for the name to expire before hosting it at a different domain. However, I know that some hosting sites hold a domain name for a month or so after it expires just in case the owner changes their mind. Does WordPress do this? Or could I simply wait for my domain to expire then buy it the moment after it expires?
Blog url: http://letterwolf.wordpress.com/The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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DON’T LET THE NAME EXPIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU WILL BE SORRY!!!!
You can transfer the domain name registration to another registrar or easier yet – you can just point the name servers to your new host when you new host is configured to accept the domain name then you are good to go – WordPress.COM is a very low cost registrar.
If you let the domain registration expire there will be a time when it does not work at all and that will kill your traffic – you also run the risk that q squatter will grab your old name and hold it for ransom
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read this https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-transfer-a-domain-to-another-hosting-site?replies=1 it should demystify the process.
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You be welcome & good luck with the move
We see a study stream of people that let the domain name registration expire and the name is grabbed by a squatter or something –
Look on timethiefs site (she helps in the forum) you should find some guides on how to move your blog – there are also guides here in the support documents and WordPress.ORG has some approved hosts – you can also have WordPress.COM staff move your blog for you if you want – it is a paid option but then someone else does a bunch of the work for you – look at “Guided Transfer” in your upgrades section
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