"has not been registered yet therefore cannot be mapped."

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  sirunurminen · Member · Mar 9, 2015 at 6:03 pm

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  Hi!

  I just bought a domain called petokasvit.fi in order to make my doings “official”

  I have changed DNS server names to
  NS1.WORDPRESS.COM
  NS2.WORDPRESS.COM
  NS3.WORDPRESS.COM

  But once I enter petokasvit.fi to “Map an Existing Domain” it says error message like in the title.

  I read somewhere that I should buy a “mapping right” or something but where? I hope this site accepts .fi address or else I must change my website again :(

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

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  timethief · Member · Mar 9, 2015 at 6:33 pm

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  Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading

  WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers but mapping an existing domain is possible.

  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 every year.

  Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually. In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain 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. If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog and purchase a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog.

  If you own that domain then see here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades is where you do the primary blog set up knowing 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.

  All that changes when you are domain mapping is the URL and nothing else. The content stays exactly where it is. Payment methods are found at http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/

  If you succeed at purchasing the domain mapping upgrade it will be reflected at these two spots:
  Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/

  Dashboard > Store > Billing History

  View Your Billing History

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  sirunurminen · Member · Mar 9, 2015 at 6:53 pm

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  I cant seem to find that “$13 mapping cost” selection. Just upgrading to premium or superior but I dont need those,

  It should be found in the shop?

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  sirunurminen · Member · Mar 9, 2015 at 7:00 pm

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  “Register a new domain” says:

  Sorry but petokasvit.fi cannot be registered on WordPress.com.

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  pmciano · Member · Mar 10, 2015 at 2:43 pm

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  @sirunurminen

  It looks like your domain is not pointing to WordPress.com name servers yet:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-helper/?host=petokasvit.fi

  Please go to your domain registrar’s site and log into the control panel. You will need to update the name servers as below:

  NS1.WORDPRESS.COM

  NS2.WORDPRESS.COM

  NS3.WORDPRESS.COM

  For more information, please visit the help documentation provided by the registrar and our support page:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

  Let me know if you have any questions.

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  sirunurminen · Member · Mar 11, 2015 at 7:32 am

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  Hi! I managed to do domain mapping. I did update those name servers. By the way do they have to be written in big letters? Right now I have ns1.wordpress.com etc.

  Well now under my updates page, these is a red “DNS needs to be updated” – text. What does that mean?

  I

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  pmciano · Member · Mar 11, 2015 at 1:52 pm

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  @sirunurminen

  Your domain does not yet have the correct name server values:

  

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-helper/?host=petokasvit.fi

  Please update these values at the domain’s registrar. The case of the values does not matter.

  If you have additional questions, please let us know.

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  sirunurminen · Member · Mar 11, 2015 at 2:02 pm

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  Hi! Thanks for helping me to sort this out.

  I do have changed those servers.
  My page looks like this;
  https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8636/16597222168_d0ac2b7477_c.jpg
  Do you find something odd or wrong?

  Or is it just a matter of time when the page will start working and disband that “403 Forbidden nginx” thing?

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  pmciano · Member · Mar 11, 2015 at 7:54 pm

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  @sirunurminen

  At present, your domain appears to be using the following name servers:

  • ns1.woima.fi
  • ns2.woima.fi
  • ns3.woima.fi

  Please make sure that you’ve removed any records associated with these name servers. The WordPress.com name servers are the only name servers that should be set for your domain.

  If you have further questions, let us know, and we will be happy to assist you.

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  sirunurminen · Member · Mar 12, 2015 at 3:54 pm

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  It works all now! Thank you so much for helping me!

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  pmciano · Member · Mar 12, 2015 at 7:10 pm

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  @sirunurminen

  Awesome! I’m glad to help.

  If you have any other questions regarding WordPress.com, please let us know :-)