Domain Name: Can I use a Godaddy.com Domain

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  clearskyevents · Member · Jun 13, 2012 at 4:04 pm

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  can i purchase an external domain name and use it with my wordpress blog without having to fund anything to wordpress?
  Blog url: http://clearskyevents.wordpress.com/

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  bryanvillarin · Staff · Jun 13, 2012 at 10:42 pm

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  No, you would still need to purchase the domain mapping upgrade to map your existing domain with your WordPress.com blog.

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  clearskyevents · Member · Jun 13, 2012 at 10:45 pm

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  so would buying the domain name from wordpress include the mapping upgrade?

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  auxclass · Member · Jun 13, 2012 at 11:01 pm

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  Domain name registration and domain mapping are two separate upgrades – WordPress.COM is a low cost registrar – but the domain mapping is the same cost if your name is registered here or Godaddy