How can I change my name servers at Wild West?

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    wordsforplaces · Member ·

    Hello,

    I want to switch to self-hosted wordpress, so I got a shared hosting account at HostGator and they transferred my website wordsforplaces.com for me. To complete the transfer, I need to change my name servers to point my domain wordsforplaces.com (which I purchased through wordpress.com) to its new home. The support there is telling me I need to log into my cPanel at Wild West registrar to do this, but obviously I can’t because I don’t have that information as you registered the site for me. Do I really need to log into the cPanel at Wild West (and if so, can you please provide me with my login information), or can I simply edit the name servers through my wordpress.com dashboard under edit domains (even if should I decide to delete my wordpress.com account at a later date)?

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  • staff-ozmodiar · Staff ·

    You can point the domain you registered at WordPress.com to another server (hosting service), with these steps:

    Change a Domain’s Name Servers

    You’ll need to obtain the name server values from your current host. You should be able to find them on their support documentation, or contact them and ask for the information. (Name servers may be referred as “nameservers” or “NS records” instead.)

    I hope this helps – let me know if you have any more questions!

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