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  charmouth1sue · Member · Feb 7, 2018 at 10:24 am

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  I went through the process of setting up what I thought was a free blog yesterday, but at the end a payment request came up (which I haven’t paid)? I can’t afford to pay for anything new at the moment, so what did I do wrong?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  justjennifer · Member · Feb 7, 2018 at 10:57 am

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  Hi there, were you looking to use your custom domain susanrussell.eu with your WordPressdotcom site? If so, domain mapping is required and is included in every upgrade plan.

  Please see https://wordpress.com/pricing/ for our available plans and here to learn about domain mapping https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  You can use your free susanrusselleu.wordpress.com site address for as long as you’d like.

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  yoga1103 · Member · Feb 7, 2018 at 11:12 am

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  Hi,

  Your blog http://susanrusselleu.wordpress.com/ is at present Free for life blog, you don’t have to pay.
  When you are signing up for a new site, usually you get 3 step site creation, in the step 3, there are 4 options available free, personal, premium and business. The ‘Premium’ option is selected by default, you can click on Start with Free button to continue with free plan, then you don’t need to pay.

  You can keep on using it for free or upgrade to any paid plan whenever you feel like. You can learn more about the plans here: https://wordpress.com/pricing/

  – Happy blogging!

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  gemmacevans · Member · Feb 7, 2018 at 11:21 am

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  Hi charmouth1sue,

  As @yoga1103 and @justjennifer mentioned, susanrusselleu.wordpress.com is currently using the Free plan and upgrading is entirely optional.

  It’s worth noting that certain features like custom domains are only available through paid plans. If you were trying to remove the .wordpress.com part of your free address or connect an existing domain to the site, you would have been prompted to upgrade.

  Please let me know if you have any questions.

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  charmouth1sue · Member · Feb 7, 2018 at 11:30 am

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  Thanks for that, I must have slipped up slightly somewhere & I think I put in my own domain when prompted at some point, not realising what it entailed. So I can just get on and use the basic free site for now.

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  gemmacevans · Member · Feb 7, 2018 at 12:47 pm

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  Sure, no problem :)