How domain name shows

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    lapazor · Member ·

    Suppose, I connected a domain that I purchased from somewhere else to WordPress.com. For example, abcd.com.
    When somebody enters abcd.com in the address bar and presses Enter, will he or she be connected to a page with ‘abcd.com’ shown in the address bar, or they will be redirected to the same page, but something different will be shown in the address bar?

    The site I need help with is lapazor.wordpress.com.

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    aisajib · Member ·

    Hi there!

    Basically, you’ll be mapping a domain to your WordPress.com site. You can do that once you’ve upgraded your site to a paid plan. Once the domain starts pointing to your WordPress.com site (which happens after it’s nameservers are pointed to us), you will have the option to make the domain primary.

    A primary domain is a domain that shows up when you visit the site. Right now, it’s your site’s WordPress.com address. After mapping a domain, you can make that domain primary so that the site shows the domain that you’ve mapped instead of the WordPress.com address.

    You can learn more about domain mapping and setting a domain primary at these links:

    * https://wordpress.com/support/domains/map-existing-domain/
    * https://wordpress.com/support/domains/#set-a-primary-address

    Feel free to let us know if there’s anything else you need and we’ll be happy to help.

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