How will my Custom Domain look like?

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    loyolasj · Member ·

    I recently registered my blog on a free wordpress plan on a .co domain name with the intention of upgrading it to premium plan package.

    The problem is that the domain name now appears in words namely mapenzidotco.wordpress.com, which is a bit confusing for me as I’m not really sure how it will look once I do the upgrade. I have read that one of the perks of doing the premium upgrade is a custom site address.

    Will the dotco part change automatically and look something like .co once I do the upgrade? I was really hoping that it finally looks like mapenzi.co, instead of how it looks now… mapenzidotco

    Plus, will I be charged more than $99 for the premium upgrade?

    Thanks for anticipated responses.

    Daniel

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    gugaalveswp · Member ·

    Hi there,

    You can change your primary domain to your custom domain, so every visitor will see it like yoursite.com instead of yoursite.wordpress.com.

    You’ll be able to change it here >> https://mapenzidotco.wordpress.com/wp-admin/paid-upgrades.php?page=domains

    Premium Plan already have dommain mapping upgrade, so you don’t need to pay more than $99 :)

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    loyolasj · Member ·

    Thanks bro @gugaalveswp,

    I have just clicked on the link and searched for my domain and it’s showing the name just like I wanted with a tick next to the price of $25.

    Does this mean that an upgrade will rectify the dotco part?

    On the free plan it’s showing yoursitedotco.wordpress.com. Is it normal to have the dotco part? (since I opted for the .co tld, instead of.com)

    The last thing I want is to have the dotco text as part of my domain name — yoursitedotco.com

    Kindly assist

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    shawnajroberts · Member ·

    Hello!

    Apologies for the delay. The ‘dotco’ in your WordPress.com URL is normal. This is just what we do when we’re creating a site with a custom domain.

    Once you purchase the custom domain, your readers will never see that WordPress.com domain. Just make sure the domain you purchase is ‘yoursite.co’ :D

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