Domain question

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  amykinne · Member · May 28, 2019 at 7:25 pm

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  HI,
  I created my domain name to save it as my name on GoDaddy but have not started to build it yet. I decided on Word Press recently so should I just transfer domain to Word Press? Thanks!

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · May 28, 2019 at 7:53 pm

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  Are you wanting to start your site on WordPress.com or have a self-hosted WordPress.org site?:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  If you do want to host your site on WordPress.com and you want to use your domain with that site, you have two options. You can either keep your domain where it is currently hosted and point the nameservers over to WordPress.com:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/map-existing-domain/

  Mapping a domain to WordPress.com requires the purchase of a paid plan:

  http://wordpress.com/plans

  The other options is to transfer your domain over to WordPress.com so that both your site and domain are hosted here:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/incoming-domain-transfer/

  The domain has to be registered for at least 60 days for you to be able to transfer it. Otherwise, to use the domain, you’ll need to point the nameservers over to WordPress.com until the 60 days have been reached. You also must purchase a plan in order to use the domain with your site.

  Hope that helps.