How to move hosting and keep domain name

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  lhgale · Member · Jun 7, 2014 at 11:22 pm

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  This is what my web developer is asking for (has written me):

  Please reply to them and ask how you can host somewhere else with same domain.

  I looked up your domain on the internet and I got this:

  http://www.whois.com/whois/mariecorelli.co

  it seems like your domain is registered to http://www.wildwestdomains.com
  you basically need to find out how u can move your hosting and keep domain name.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 8, 2014 at 4:55 pm

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  The answer is found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/change-name-servers/

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  timethief · Member · Jun 8, 2014 at 4:59 pm

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  Here is abrief summary of what making this move involves:

  1. Hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/

  2. Set up a WordPress.org install and equip it with a theme and plugins.
  http://wordpress.org/themes/
  http://wordpress.org/plugins/

  3. Export your content out of your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/ and import it into the install.

  4. Purchase a site redirect upgrade from wordpress.com
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/ or if you have domain mapping then update the nameservers http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/

  5. Transfer subscribers and stats. See https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/migrating-wordpresscom-followers-to-new-self-hosted-site?replies=1

  6. Set your wordpress.com blog visibility to private. To change blog visibility to private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3 . See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  Alternatively you can purchase a Guided Transfer and Staff will do the move and set up for you http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

  NOTE: WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate and different http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there and receive advice from WordPress.ORG bloggers.