How do I transfer my blog followers to my new website?

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  jenpoulson · Member · Apr 1, 2015 at 1:23 am

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  I am about to launch a new self hosted website, and I want to make sure my followers can follow me through my new site. I have already downloaded my email only followers; how do I include my WordPress followers? Will they have to re-register through my new site, or can I transfer them?

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  micawbr · Member · Apr 1, 2015 at 1:48 am

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  Hello, instructions for transferring your WordPress followers to your self-hosted blog are available here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/

  Scroll down to the “WordPress.com to self-hosted site” section and choose one of the options.

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  jenpoulson · Member · Apr 6, 2015 at 6:50 pm

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  I am not moving to a self-hosted wordpress site; I am moving to a wix site. When I try to install Jetpack, it tells me that since I already have a wordpress site, I already have everything I need. Is there a way to transfer my followers to my new wix site?

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Apr 6, 2015 at 9:13 pm

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  Hi there! It looks like Wix does not support transferring WordPress.com followers:

  https://www.wix.com/support/html5/ugc/c10982be-2977-403a-89da-4ea8546de6f1/9d516646-ad90-4728-97f8-f6d2aaa41056

  You can do as the Wix Support person there suggests and keep just your blog on WordPress with a subdomain set up for it.

  Otherwise, I suggest publishing a post on your WordPress site letting your followers know that you’ve changed hosts and if they’d like to continue getting posts from you, they’ll need to visit your new site and resubscribe.

  Let me know if I can help further!