Early termination of domain host

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  romeelaurent · Member · Nov 14, 2013 at 11:57 am

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  Hello,

  I have my domain registered in wordpress.com and it expires in Sept 2014.
  Unfortunately, the new host doesn’t permit the transference of domains from other hosts.

  Is it possible early termination of domain registration with wordpress? WordPress would release my domain and I will register it in another host.

  Thank you
  R.

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  tandava108 · Member · Nov 14, 2013 at 12:15 pm

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  What you are suggesting is very dangerous. Domains that are released into the public are often brought up by domain squatters who will charge you many $100s to let you have it back. (This is profitable because so many people accidentally let domains they really want expire).

  You probably don’t need to move the domain to a new host to do what you want. WordPress.com allows you to change the name servers to another domain, so you could probably have the domain hosted at WordPress but use a different host.

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  romeelaurent · Member · Nov 14, 2013 at 1:14 pm

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  Thank you for your reply.
  I’m not sure if understood you well.
  Basically I do website and then associate the domain registered in WP with the hosting of my site?

  Let’s put it as a concrete example. If I construct a website in wix and would like to use my domain (in WP) for it, can I do so, taking in consideration that they don’t accept domain transfer?

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  tandava108 · Member · Nov 14, 2013 at 1:36 pm

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  It just so happens that Wix has a page specifically on that.

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  romeelaurent · Member · Nov 14, 2013 at 1:51 pm

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  They have so much written about it, so I got lost.
  Will I be paying hosting to wix or WP?

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  tandava108 · Member · Nov 14, 2013 at 3:22 pm

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  You will probably have to pay wordpress for the domain and wix for the hosting. Its not ideal but if they don’t accept a transfer in that’s all you can do.

  An alternative is to pick a provider that does accept transfer in to host your domain – you would still have to pay this and wix but you may save a couple of $ a year over WordPress

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  romeelaurent · Member · Nov 14, 2013 at 3:46 pm

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  Now I understand. Thank you for your help.

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  pmciano · Member · Nov 15, 2013 at 10:40 pm

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  @romeelaurent

  You can point the domain you registered at WordPress.com to another server (hosting service), with these steps:

  Change a Domain’s Name Servers

  The name server values for Wix are:

  • NS1.WIX.COM
  • NS2.WIX.COM

  If you need any assistance, I’d be happy to help you.

  Thank you, tandava108, as well :-)

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  romeelaurent · Member · Nov 18, 2013 at 11:19 am

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  Thank you for reply.
  Well, I have decided to transfer my domain from WP to new hoster. ( I leave another one here at WP)
  How can I do it?

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  tandava108 · Member · Nov 18, 2013 at 2:49 pm

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  Its been a while since I have done it but the instructions are here.

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  pmciano · Member · Nov 18, 2013 at 4:05 pm

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  @romeelaurent

  @tandava108 is correct. If you need any assistance getting started with the transfer, please let me know :-)