How can I use a domain name that I purchased already for my new WordPress Blog?

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  richellavette · Member · Jun 9, 2014 at 9:08 pm

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  I am making a new Blog today with WordPress. And I actually own a domain name through Go Daddy, and I haven’t used it yet, so how can I use this instead of the one that WordPress wants me to use?
  Thank you!
  Richel

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 9, 2014 at 10:06 pm

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  You use the one WordPress wants you to use (or any other one of the format whatever.wordpress.com) and then once the blog exists you buy the domain mapping upgrade to connect your custom domain to that blog. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

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  timethief · Member · Jun 9, 2014 at 10:37 pm

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  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 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.

  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.