Domanin Mapping Costs

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  tompotterphotography · Member · Jan 20, 2013 at 3:57 am

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  I have a hosted domain elsewhere. What is the cost if I map it directly to WordPress vs the cost if I map it to a sub domain? I believe your site indicates either way would cost $13.00 per year, but that is not clear.

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Jan 20, 2013 at 4:12 am

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  Mapping a domain you already own costs $13.00 per domain, per year.
  Map a subdomain (for a domain with an existing website) to your WordPress.com blog if you already have a website, and you want to add a blog to it under a subdomain (such as blog.yourgroovydomain.com, for example).
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
  http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Jan 20, 2013 at 4:13 am

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  RATS! The last link I posted above is wrong. I meant to post this one http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-subdomain/

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  tompotterphotography · Member · Jan 20, 2013 at 5:58 am

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  Thanks, but sorry. I am just not quite getting it. That’s exactly what is on the site, and that’s what I was not understanding. It’s as if, some key words in the explanation are left out. Mapping a domain I own (Yes – thru GoDaddy) costs $13.00…. I am not seeing the meaning of a domain vs a subdomain.

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  auxclass · Member · Jan 20, 2013 at 6:14 am

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  Map a domain = = tompotterphotography.com

  Map a SUB domain = = blog.tompotterphotography.com

  Each are $ 13.– / year

  Map a domain – you are moving your entire web site to WordPress.COM

  Map a SUB domain – you keep your existing web site and add your WordPress.COM site to your existing web site as a “blog” or what ever you want to call it

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  tompotterphotography · Member · Jan 20, 2013 at 2:13 pm

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  OK, now, THAT, is painfully clear, even to a SIMPLE man like myself. :O) All kidding aside, if your instrux throughout your site were written as simply as that, the non-developer crowd would grasp this stuff a lot easier. We’re photographers, restaurant, pet store, bicycle shop, travel agency, etc, etc, etc, owners, us bloggers….were not programmers :O)
  Thank you VERY much to the both of you for taking the time to get this info across to me. I really appreciate it – you helped me move on to my next step

  :O)
  Sincerely,
  Tom Potter
  http://www.tompotterphotography

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  auxclass · Member · Jan 20, 2013 at 3:36 pm

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  You be welcome & good luck