How to change to an 'org' domain name?

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    keithparry · Member ·

    I own an ‘org’ domain name. If I purchase domain mapping for this ‘org’ address to be used instead of the WordPress address will the content of the WordPress site be retained? If I purchase the domain mapping will everything happen automatically or do I need to do anything else?

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    timethief · Member ·

    Hi there,
    The answers are:
    yes
    yes
    no

    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.

    Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading

    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.

    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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    keithparry · Member ·

    Thank you very much for your help.

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    timethief · Member ·

    You’re welcome and best wishes with your blog.

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    keithparry · Member ·

    I have followed all the instructions and both WordPress and my domain registry have all the correct settings. I got a WordPress message saying everything was successful.

    However, I can’t get into my blog at all now. I get an error message saying “This webpage has a redirect loop. The webpage at http://keithparry.wordpress.com/ has resulted in too many redirects.”
    The suggestion to solve the problem is to clear the cookies, but I have done that so that isn’t the problem. What else can I do?

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    raincoaster · Member ·

    Wait. It will clear up. This is normal.

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    auxclass · Member ·

    http://keithparry.wordpress.com/ sends me to http://keithparry.org/ – working normal for me – also clear browser cache – if that does not work – take a long walk (serious) and have a long slow drink of your favorite bevorage – changes can take up to 72 hours to reach the far corners of the internet – but changes start sooner

    patience Grasshopper

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