Domain re-mapping

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  jackierunners · Member · Aug 27, 2015 at 8:09 pm

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  Hi, I would like to make two domain mapping changes and not sure how to do this.

  I have two domain names that were purchased through wordpress.com: vancouverfashionfaceoff.com and tokyocovergirls.com and would like to remap them both to the following wordpress.com blog: thetokyocovergirls.wordpress.com

  Any suggestions on how to do this?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  marioashley · Member · Aug 27, 2015 at 8:18 pm

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  You should be able to transfer the mapping to a new blog

  Dashboard >> Store >> My Upgrades >> Click on Transfer to another Site

  Just in case you have trouble I have flagged this for staff attention

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  timethief · Member · Aug 27, 2015 at 8:19 pm

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  Please read Domains: Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

  In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com sub-domain blog to map from, and the domain name you desire must be available for purchase, or you must already own the domain URL.

  See here if you do not own a domain
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
  http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/

  See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  If you already have a website you don’t want to affect, and you want to add a blog to it under a subdomain (for example, blog.yourgroovydomain.com) see here http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-subdomain/

  Very domain mapping upgrade is a separate purchase.

  Your payment methods are here https://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/

  Your upgrade history will be here Dashboard > Store> My Upgrades
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/

  Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/billing-history/

  After you do the primary blog set up it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.

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  timethief · Member · Aug 27, 2015 at 8:24 pm

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  Oops, No Primary Site Set
  There is no primary domain set for vancouverfashionfaceoff.wordpress.com. This means that although vancouverfashionfaceoff.com will forward to the site, vancouverfashionfaceoff.com will appear in the browser address bar. To learn more about setting a primary domain, please see our documentation. https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#setting-the-primary-domain

  Primary Blog is Set
  tokyocovergirls.com is set as the primary domain for tokyocovergirls.wordpress.com and will appear in the address bar when you visit the site.

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  auxclass · Member · Aug 27, 2015 at 8:43 pm

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  this should also help: https://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/#transferring-upgrades

  Note: you can have more than one custom domain name mapped to the same blog – but only one can be set as Primary (displays in the browser address bar)

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  rachelmcr · Member · Aug 28, 2015 at 12:38 pm

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  Hi Jackie,

  I moved both of the domains you mentioned (vancouverfashionfaceoff.com and tokyocovergirls.com) to your blog thetokyocovergirls.wordpress.com, as requested.

  You can control which of those domains is the primary domain (the one that appears in the browser’s address bar when you visit that blog) on your My Domains page.

  Please let me know if I can do anything more to help with that. :)