Expired Domain – want to transfer to self hosted

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  backwardslife · Member · Nov 11, 2011 at 3:58 am

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  I would like to move my blog to a self hosted platform. My current domain name expired today. Should I renew it and then port it over to the new host?
  Blog url: http://backwardslife.wordpress.com/

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  kardotim · Member · Nov 11, 2011 at 8:47 am

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  You should be able to transfer your domain now. This guide explains how to transfer the domain name to another registrar.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/domain-management/#transfer-to-another-registrar