I am new to this whole website and domain thing

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    breshelbyann · Member ·

    I do not understand or know what mapping my domain Is or what transferring my domain is. which one do Iuse? I have a domain with bluehost. please help asap!!!

  • supernovia · Staff ·

    Hi there, first of all, do you want to host your site with us? If you do, we’ll take care of your WordPress installation for you and provide direct support. You can find our pricing here:
    https://wordpress.com/pricing

    And here’s the difference between our services and your own DIY installation of WordPress with another host:
    https://wordpress.com/support/com-vs-org/

    If you decide to host with us, you can choose whether to map or transfer a domain. If you map it, you’ll keep it with your current registrar (whoever you bought it from) and will need to continue making renewals each year through them.

    If you choose to transfer, you’ll essentially move the domain to our registrar instead so you can pay us directly each year (pricing here). It can be nice to have the billing in one place, and transferring (free with a plan) adds one year to your domain.

    Does that help? If not, send more details and we’ll go from there. We also have this article with more information:
    https://wordpress.com/support/domain-mapping-vs-domain-transfer/

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