I own a domain name which I. bought from Godaddy. I want it to stay there. I have forwarded to my blog here on WordPress. It work for a while, now it does not work anymore. What happen :-)

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  amaliasolar · Member · Aug 29, 2018 at 2:32 am

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  I own a domain name which I. bought from Godaddy. I want it to stay there. I have forwarded to my blog here on WordPress. It work for a while, now it does not work anymore. What happen :-) I read in the help file that I need to Upgrade.. . I have used my domain name on countless host and never had to pay for that.

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  brookedot · Member · Aug 29, 2018 at 5:40 am

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  Hi there,

  To use a domain bought at GoDaddy with a site on WordPress.com you will need to purchase one of our plans from https://wordpress.com/plans

  Unlike many other hosts, we provide free hosting for sites with the wordpress.com domain and offer the ability to add a domain as a feature for those who wish to upgrade their site.

  Once a plan is bought you may point the domain to your site with us by following this guide:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

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  amaliasolar · Member · Aug 29, 2018 at 5:08 pm

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  I just forwarded without masking and it work great. :-) and free.

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  supernovia · Staff · Aug 29, 2018 at 8:00 pm

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  Forwarding without masking will work well for now. Just note if you ever decide to move the site off WordPress.com, you wouldn’t be able to use the .wordpress.com address anymore. So for consistency we’d recommend mapping, but if what you’ve got works for you that’s okay too. Cheers!