Domain pointing to free wordpress.com

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  mrdte · Member · May 22, 2016 at 9:02 am

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  hi there,

  I’m really new to all of this.

  1) I bought a domain on Godaddy (www.mrdte.com) and I pointed it to a free, registered wordpress.com site (i.e. mrdte.wordpress.com)

  2) I cannot seem to it to reflect as http://www.mrdte.com

  3) Is it bec I have to buy a plan with WordPress.com to get the domain (www.mrdte.com) appear as I want it to be?

  Please let me know, thank you so much
  Joe

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  heliodore · Member · May 22, 2016 at 9:20 am

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  Hi,

  You need to set the primary domain: https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#setting-the-primary-domain

  You don’t have to buy any plan for it.

  Happy blogging!

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  mrdte · Member · May 22, 2016 at 10:18 am

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  thanks so much!

  Now it says I have to buy a mapping plan for $13 to point mrdte.wordpress.com to http://www.mrdte.com. Is this correct?

  Is this a per-year fee?

  I hope I’m on the right course! Thanks
  joe

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  pagesfromserendipity · Member · May 22, 2016 at 2:09 pm

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  Hi,

  I did the same process today and it worked well. Here’s what I did:

  I bought a domain name from GoDaddy.
  I purchased the $13 mapping plan for the domain name I bought. Yes, it is an annual fee that needs renewal every year.
  I updated the primary domain to the new domain name.
  In GoDaddy domain settings, I updated the Nameservers to wordpress servers.
  And in a few minutes, my free wordpress blog URL (pagesfromserendipity.wordpress.com) redirected to my new domain name (pagesfromserendipity.com).

  In your case, I see that it’s reverse now. That is http://www.mrdte.com is redirecting to your wordpress URL. I assume you need to update the primary domain settings. Make http://www.mrdte.com as the primary domain. Of course, after purchasing the mapping plan.

  Hope it helps.

  Nandhini

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  mrdte · Member · May 23, 2016 at 8:12 am

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  Thanks so much Nandhini!