hosting multiple websites under one account

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    stefanos001 · Member ·

    Hi I currently manage 3 simple website (via BlueHost) – each has a custom domain (managed via Google Domains). All three websites are tiny – 3-5 pages each. They don’t sell anything, they are a simple calling card sites – one is for an educational non-profit foundation. Of course, cost matters to us.

    How would they work on WordPress? Would I pay a monthly fee once or three times?

    Please help me understand how this would work if we move to WordPress.

    -Stefanos

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

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    timethief · Member ·

    Upgrades apply to sites and not to accounts. There are no bulk deals. You will need a domain mapping upgrade for each site.

    Please read this comparison very carefully http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
    Also read http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-from-wordpress-org

    WordPress.com provides free blogs and hosts them free of charge. There are no bandwidth charges. All WordPress.com blogs come with 3000 megabytes (~3 GBs) of space for storing uploaded files and images. Free features are listed here https://en.wordpress.com/features/

    See here for details of all 3 plans http://store.wordpress.com/bundles/ offered by WordPress.com.

    Premium bundle details http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/
    Business bundle details http://store.wordpress.com/plans/business/

    Note that each upgrade applies to a single blog only and is for a single year only when it is due to be renewed.

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

    re: mapping an existing domain
    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, each and every year.

    Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually and a domain name purchase and domain mapping are included in the Premium upgrade bundle.

    In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com sub-domain 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 WordPress.COM blog, and as you own a domain URL already, you can see here for mapping an existing domain. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

    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.

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    timethief · Member ·

    Would I pay a monthly fee once or three times?

    There is no such thing as a monthly payment plan. We pay the full amount for a year’s subscription up front. Also note that there is no discount or any discrimination based on non-profit status or any other status We all pay the same amount.

    Please see Moving from a Self-Hosted WordPress to WordPress.com
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-from-self-hosted-wordpress-to-wordpress-com/

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