I have a domain. Next What ?

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  insidetechie · Member · Nov 22, 2015 at 7:06 am

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  Hi there!

  Can anyone help me ?

  I am a new bee at wordpress..

  Coming directly on my problem..

  I bought a domain name and it is hosted by godaddy

  I want to use it for blogging purpose..
  So many suggested me to use wordpress..

  Their is an option for Mapping my domain..

  but i didn’t get the concept here..

  Like I bought a website by saying xx amount.
  Now wordpress is demanding for linking of domain i.e Mapping
  $13.

  Okay I am ready to pay this.

  Now comes the plan..
  Free plan doesn’t support custom domains..
  and the plans which support are bit costly..
  like $99 & $299.

  Please help me
  Do i need to buy a premium plan ?
  In order to run my blog via WordPress ?

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  heliodore · Member · Nov 22, 2015 at 7:58 am

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  Hi insidetechie,

  If you did not fully understand the concept of mapping yet, please have a look at this page: https://en.support.wordpress.com/map-existing-domain/

  In order to run your blog via WordPress, you can select any plan, even if you map an existing domain: Free, Premium or Business.
  Please refer to the following page to compare them: https://store.wordpress.com/plans/

  Blogging with the Free plan on WordPress.com is absolutely possible and enjoyable. Of course, Premium and Business plans will give you more tools in order to ensure an even better experience.

  You have to know that plans and other purchases can be canceled within 30 days of purchasing: https://en.support.wordpress.com/refunds/

  Happy blogging !

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  insidetechie · Member · Nov 22, 2015 at 2:16 pm

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  Dude.. Thanks for your reply..
  Right now I’m running a complete one man show..

  can you suggest me which plan will be better ?

  Does the free plan of wordpress support adsense, infolinks or revenue clicks..? to be more specific any advertisements networks ?

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  heliodore · Member · Nov 22, 2015 at 7:06 pm

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  Hi insidetechie,

  I think the Premium plan could be a good start, as you wouldn’t have any unwanted ad on your blog, full font and css editing capabilities, or VideoPress included. Furthermore, you could talk directly with Happiness Engineers over email.

  Here, you are talking about plugins. Plugins aren’t supported by WordPress.COM.
  However, WordPress.COM has implemented several popular plugins: https://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

  Adsense, for instance, would be available on WordPress.ORG. Please refer to the following support page to see the difference between .COM and .ORG: https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  Nonetheless, tools for advertising networks are available on WordPress.COM: https://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/

  Happy blogging!

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  insidetechie · Member · Nov 22, 2015 at 11:08 pm

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  Thanks!!

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  insidetechie · Member · Nov 22, 2015 at 11:09 pm

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  Do I really require a database to maintain the content of my blog ?

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  insidetechie · Member · Nov 22, 2015 at 11:10 pm

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  and if that’s the case.. does wordpress provide me a db ?

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  heliodore · Member · Nov 24, 2015 at 9:11 am

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  You won’t need a database with WordPress.com, they handle it for you!

  Happy blogging!