Domain/Hosting Question
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I have hosting and my domain registered at godaddy.com. If I want to redirect my domain to wordpress and get rid of go daddy hosting, what will be the cost from wordpress for hosting? Will I have to get a premium account which is listed at $99?
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WordPress.com provides free blogs and free hosting for them. WordPress.com does not accept domain name transfers but mapping to an existing domain can be done.
Domain mapping of an existing domain URL that you already own and purchased elsewhere is not done free of charge. You will have to renew the domain name purchase where you made it and the domain mapping purchase here every year.
Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading
Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually. In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from. If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog and purchase a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog.
See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades is where you do the primary blog set up knowing 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.
re: importing your content
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See here for details of all 3 plans http://store.wordpress.com/bundles/ offered by WordPress.com.
See here for details in regard to all available upgrades. http://en.support.wordpress.com/upgrades/
See here for the Premium bundle details http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/
See here for ecommerce details http://en.support.wordpress.com/ecommerce/
You must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard and purchase upgrades at > Store > My Upgrades
Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
Your options for payment are found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/Note that the free plan and the Premium plan do not allow you to upload your own themes or plugins. WordPress.com blogs cannot be equipped for eCommerce transactions unless they have the $299. per year Business upgrade. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ecommerce-is-now-available-on-wordpresscom?replies=1
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Also I would want to make it more of a portfolio site and not a blog
Go to the themes showcase and locate portfolio themes there please
http://en.wordpress.com/themes/filter/portfolio/
Then use the detailed theme descriptions provided for each one and also use the relevant support docs
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Thank you! I’m also wondering if it will be possible/easier to transfer my domain registration to wordpress?
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That’s not possible. As I said above:
WordPress.com does not accept domain name transfers but mapping to an existing domain can be done.
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