Forced to upgrade to Premium Plan to map domain – didn't happen on my other site
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When I go to map my domain (that I already own), I keep on being prompted to upgrade to the Premium Plan for 85.00 GBP.
I am working on another site at the moment and this premium plan prompt didn’t occur and I only had to pay $13 for mapping.
The two sites are essentially identical so I don’t understand why this happening. I’ve tried everything I can think of to no avail.
Please assist. This is incredibly frustrating. Thank you
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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There have been some changes to upgrades (new domains-with-plans-only) that Staff will explain to you.
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Oh right.
I feel like these changes are going to be expensive and unnecessary for this particular project. I need to map my .co.uk without having a premium plan (the site is too simple and warrant it).
I’ll wait for the staff update before commenting on the matter further.
Thanks again for your help timethief.
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Perhaps this Staff answer here will help you as well: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-mapping-1118?replies=10#post-2641970
I am working on another site at the moment
This change primarily affects new accounts (yours is currently 5 days old). So if the other WordPressdotcom site is listed under an older account, this may explain the reason why you can on one site and why you can no longer on another. But that’s just my educated guess.
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Hey there,
As mentioned in the link provided by @JenT, you can no longer register or map a domain individually with WordPress.com. Moving forward, domain subscriptions can be purchased as a part of one of our many plans here. This recent domains with plans only update was made as we continue to work diligently to provide the best WordPress.com experience for both users who choose to purchase a plan as well as those who choose the free plan.
If you look over the plans that we offer and do not think they are the best fit, purchasing and setting up a self-hosted WordPress.org site through reliable hosts such as Flywheel, Siteground, Pressable, and Bluehost is also a great option.
For more on the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, please visit our support page:
Thanks!
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