Domain mapping

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  mcshimkin · Member · Sep 29, 2016 at 3:16 pm

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  I understand that if I have an existing site it can be redirect via the DNS to host with WordPress. However, if I have created a site with the free WordPress can I also redirect that to my existing DNS? Specifically, I want platinumpools.wordpress.com to become http://www.platinum-pools.com

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  kokkieh · Staff · Sep 30, 2016 at 11:43 am

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  Hi there,

  To clarify, you want the site at platinumpools.wordpress.com to appear if you type platinum-pools.com in your browser, correct?

  That is not a redirect, but is called domain mapping. You can find instructions how to do that here:

  Use a Domain You Already Own (Domain Mapping)

  A site redirect is something completely different. If you have a site at platinum-pools.com, and you want anyone who visits the site at platinumpools.wordpress.com to go to the other site instead, you’ll use a redirect.

  In other words, mapping connects a domain to a site, while a redirect forwards your traffic from one site to a completely different site.

  Let me know if you have any questions.