Giving my site a domain name I already own

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  alzzstonegmailcom · Member · Nov 13, 2021 at 1:27 am

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  Good day –

  I have built a website for Skyborne sailing. I would like to link it to a domain we already own and have paid for – skyborne.co.nz
  Can you please let me know how I can do this? I understand the use of a WordPress site template is free, so I am reluctant to pay anything extra for a site domain that i already won and have already paid for. With thanks
  Alex Stone (email visible only to moderators and staff)

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  amirudra789 · Member · Nov 13, 2021 at 4:04 am

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  Hello

  If you already own a domain you have two options you can either connect or transfer:

  1) If you have a domain name registered through another provider, but would like to move the registration of the domain name to WordPress.com.

  https://wordpress.com/support/move-domain/incoming-domain-transfer/

  2) If you already have a domain registered through another provider, and want to use WordPress.com to host your site without transferring the registration.

  https://wordpress.com/support/domains/connect-existing-domain/

  Let us know if you have any further queries.

  Regards:

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  kokkieh · Staff · Nov 15, 2021 at 4:43 am

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  Hi there,

  You can use the domain connection upgrade included in all our paid plans to use that domain with your WordPress.com site.

  
  @amirudra789,

  .co.nz domains cannot be transferred to WordPress.com. Please make sure whether we support transfers for a particular domain before suggesting that as an option. From the support page you linked to above:

  https://wordpress.com/support/move-domain/incoming-domain-transfer/#which-tl-ds-extensions-can-i-transfer-to-word-press-com

  along with:

  https://wordpress.com/support/domains/domain-pricing-and-available-tlds/