domain transfer

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  saveplanetearth470146383 · Member · May 24, 2020 at 7:02 pm

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  I have an .eu domain, but I did not see it on your list of eligible domains for transfer?

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  themagicrobot · Member · May 24, 2020 at 7:14 pm

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  But if you want a site here at WordPress.com you could keep the domain where you registered it and map it instead with a paid plan:
  https://wordpress.com/support/domains/domain-pricing-and-available-tlds/
  https://wordpress.com/support/domains/map-existing-domain/

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  saveplanetearth470146383 · Member · May 24, 2020 at 7:25 pm

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  But why can I transfer a whole range of domains, including all sorts of very specific ones, but not a major TLD on the world such as .eu? I thought wordpress is truly international and with no bias for US or against EU? EU is a major global player and its TLD shouzld be included in wordpress’s TLDs fully transferable, no?

  Wordpress says under the link you indicated:
  If you would like to manage your site and domain all in one place, you can follow the steps to transfer the domain to us instead of mapping.

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  themagicrobot · Member · May 24, 2020 at 7:47 pm

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  The first link I posted says:

  If a TLD is not listed below, it cannot be registered or transferred to us.

  I guess WordPress.com (being mostly based in the States) is not an accredited domain provider for the .eu domain extension.

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  saveplanetearth470146383 · Member · May 24, 2020 at 10:13 pm

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  This would be very sad story, as wordpress was co-developed by the British Mike Little and as the world’s largest open source CMS community covers virtually all continents, so they should also be able to integrate .eu domains

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  themagicrobot · Member · May 25, 2020 at 8:40 am

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  com and org are two different things. WordPress.com is a business that specialises in hosting sites with a modified version of the free wordpress software. Some domains like .fr can’t be transferred here or registered here perhaps for logistical or economic reasons.

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  kokkieh · Staff · May 26, 2020 at 7:24 am

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  Hi there,

  The WordPress software is an open source project, belongs to the WordPress community, and managed by the non-profit WordPress Foundation. WordPress does not offer any domains, as it’s not a domain registrar.

  WordPress.com is a private, for-profit company, registered in the US, that offers hosting for the WordPress software, as well as domain registrar services.

  As a domain registrar, we can only accept transfers-in of TLDs for which we’re accredited, and we do not have accreditation for .eu. Getting accreditation for a new TLD is a long and expensive process, and while we might add .eu to our portfolio at some point, I cannot guarantee that that will happen, as it will depend on the specific requirements for that particular TLD.

  That does not prevent you from using a .eu domain here via our domain mapping option. But at this time it’s not possible to transfer a .eu domain to us.

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  saveplanetearth470146383 · Member · May 28, 2020 at 11:25 pm

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  Thanks, I understand the issue now, somebody explained me that I simply confused wordpress.org with wordpress.com! Thank you again…