Fasthost
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I am looking at buying a domain name through Fasthost and want to know what is required to use this domain name in conjunction with wordpress.
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An annual $13. in US funds domain mapping upgrade from wordpress.COM will be required after the domain name purchase.
re: mapping an existing domain
WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers but mapping an existing domain is possible.If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the WordPress.COM blog, and as you own a domain URL already, you can see here for mapping an existing domain. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
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, each and every year.
Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually and a domain name purchase and domain mapping are included in the Premium upgrade bundle.
In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com sub-domain blog to map from and it does not matter what that underlying .wordpress.com URL is. It does not have to match the domain URL.
See https://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/
Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
https://en.support.wordpress.com/billing-history/Your only options for payment are found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/
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.
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Thank you for your reply. I want to drop the wordpress from my url, what is the cheapest way to do this? I don’t have excessive IT knowledge.
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I already told you how to do that above. You need to select a domain name and purchase a domain mapping upgrade.
Every WordPress.COM blog has a sole owner. It is the person with the WordPress.COM username account who registered the blog under that username account and a single associated email address, and who is the original Admin of the blogs registered under that username account.
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 > Dashboard> Store > My Upgrades
https://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
https://en.support.wordpress.com/billing-history/Your only options for payment are found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/
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Timethief has given you accurate information. If you purchase a domain elsewhere, you need to purchase the Domain Mapping upgrade ($13/yr)to use it with your WordPress.com account:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
Or you can register a domain through WordPress.com to use with your WordPress.com site ($18/yr).
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Thank you rootjosh that was the information I was looking for, a comparison of two possible options. I can understand how my second post can sound misleading. The initial reply gave me information relative to my first question and I thank you for that.
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