How do I change my domain name?

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    tomcottonblog · Member ·

    I want to change my domain name, but I cannot find how to do it. Can anyone help?

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    timethief · Member ·

    If all you want to do is chnage the words before .wordpress.com in the blog address see here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/

    That option will permanently disable the address and you will not be able to reuse it. Only select this option if you are sure you will not use the address again. If you want to redirect traffic to the new blog, you can keep the address and purchase the Site Redirect upgrade.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/

    If you want to purchase yopur own domain know that in order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from. As you now have that underlying .wordpress.com blog you can proceed to purchase a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

    Make the domain mapping purchase here > Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades and 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.

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