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  holyfinest · Member · Sep 3, 2013 at 2:46 am

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  I want to know if i buy domain with wordpress, do i need to buy hosting separately?

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

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 3, 2013 at 2:55 am

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  No. You have free hosting for http://eyesandvoice.wordpress.com/ and a custom domain just gives that URL a separate address.

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  holyfinest · Member · Sep 3, 2013 at 5:41 pm

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  ohh ok, thanks. that was helpful. thought I was gonna pay for hosting separately.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 3, 2013 at 5:53 pm

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  In the event that you wish to purchase a domain mapping upgrade, this is a followup on what raincoaster has provided ie. you can choose to keep your blog free hosted right where it is now.

  This post explains more about domain mapping http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/04/02/do-i-need-a-domain/

  In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from. If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in 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 do not own a domain name then see here http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

  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.