how do i change my wordpress web address
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I changed my domain name with GoDaddy. Now I want to update my WordPress.com address accordingly. I went into my account and changed the ‘web address’ field to the new domain. Is that sufficient
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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No it’s not even close to what you need to do. If you would like to map to a domain that you own from your wordpress.COM blog you will first need to set up domain mapping.
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 every year.
Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually. In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain 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 blog and purchase a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog.
Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading
In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from, and the domain name you desire must be available for purchase, or you must already own the domain URL.
You must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard at > Store > My Upgrades to purchase upgrades for the blog.
If you own a domain then 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.
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I understand. However, I originally did something to get the email from WordPress saying ‘this address is now yours’. I am looking to get that for my new domain. Then I would proceed with the mapping, correct?
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Are you saying you did not get the verification email for http://destinynutritionals.wordpress.com/?
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No. I got that back on 8/20/2014. however today I bought a new domain from GoDaddy and want to use that instead of ‘destinynutritionals’. So I went into my WordPress settings and changed the address to start with ‘new domain.wordpress.com’. Is that sufficient? I wasn’t sure because I didn’t get an email saying ‘new domain.wordpresscom is now yours’.
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Before mapping/building my site i would feel more comfortable knowing that I own that wordpress site
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What you must do is what I posted up here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-change-my-wordpress-web-address?replies=5#post-2208108
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Not sure why that doesn’t make sense to me. Would it be ok for me to just start from scratch and go to wordpress.com and register again with the new domain i bought today from go daddy
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Hi there,
Right now, you own this WordPress.com site: https://destinynutritionals.wordpress.com/
If you’d like to use your GoDaddy domain with that site, you can map the domain to your site from the Domains page. Our guide to Map an Existing Domain has more details about how to set that up (including the changes you’ll need to make to point the domain to WordPress.com).
If you prefer to use the domain with an entirely new WordPress.com site (not destinynutritionals.wordpress.com) you can log in to your WordPress.com account and create that new site here first:
https://signup.wordpress.com/signup/
Then you can map the domain to that new site. Please let me know if you have any questions about that. :)
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