I want to move domain names and website to WordPress.com

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    thehandbagboutique · Member ·

    I have 4 domain names that are parked at 2 different places. (2 with GoDaddy and 2 with Bluehost and hosting with Bluehost) Cost is getting high so want to lower that price or free. I’m not getting that much traffic right now so I don’t think I need so many pages or just a few with each domain name. I know main thing is not to cancel domains but to just put them somewhere else together. I’ve been reading up on WP.com for days now and sounds like I want to move them and my websites to WP.com but I have some questions.

    I know I can map all 4 of them with WP.com for $13 each and that’s not a problem. This may be long so bear with me. I will be paying $191+ in May 2017 but want to avoid that high cost.

    Questions
    1. Can I put all 4 domains in the same account and build websites from same account?
    or do I need to open up 4 different accounts. I do that all together now on Bluehost same account.

    2. If I only have my domain names mapped to WP.com free plan, can I redirect to any url I want without building a page? I have a lot of business cards out and other places so want people to be able to find me. example: Someone types in http://www.MYsite.com have it redirected to http://www.facebook.com/myname Will this work on the free or $2.99 etc or do I have to have another hosting account.

    3. Can I transfer all my WP files from Bluehost to WP.com free or paid $2.99 etc plan so I can keep same format. I have already downloaded to my PC with File Zilla

    4. If I bought any of the other sites from wp.com for 2.99 a month etc where it says you get a free domain name with it. Can I use the domain I already have instead of the free one? And if I can do I still have to pay the mapping?
    Also can I build more than one site on the same account or do I need to do 4 separate accounts.

    5. On the free or $2.99 plans, can themes be uploaded and used on them like I can do now on my hosting account.

    5. I know the paid are yearly and is 2.99 a month etc, Is this a special price or is it that the same all the time or will the price go up each year.

    6. IS THERE A SUPPORT PHONE NUMBER TO TALK TO A LIVE PERSON FOR WORDPRESS.COM?

    I know this is long, but I want to make sure that I have all answers before I do anything. Thanks and looking to hear your answers.

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    timethief · Member ·

    6. IS THERE A SUPPORT PHONE NUMBER TO TALK TO A LIVE PERSON FOR WORDPRESS.COM?

    There aren’t any robots or zombies answering questions here.

    All support docs are at https://en.support.wordpress.com/
    Search for getting help https://en.support.wordpress.com/?s=getting+help
    Results Help! Getting WordPress.com Support https://en.support.wordpress.com/help-support-options/

    There is no phone support. Those who have a paid upgrade for a wordpress.COM site can use the “Contact Support” form, http://support.wordpress.com/contact/

    The best WordPress.COM contact form to use now for Staff assistance is:
    http://wordpress.com/help/contact

    Live chat will be available there only if we have Happiness Engineers available to chat. When they are not available using that link results in posting to this peer support forum. https://en.support.wordpress.com/live-chat/

    re: direct email support
    Also note, that you can email WordPress.COM Staff at:
    help@wordpress.com

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    timethief · Member ·

    re: purchasing upgrades

    WordPress.com provides free blogs and hosts them free of charge. There are no bandwidth charges. All WordPress.com blogs come with 3000 megabytes (~3 GBs) of space for storing uploaded files and images. Free features are listed here https://en.wordpress.com/features/

    We have different plans: free, personal, premium and business. All hosting is free regardless of which plan you choose. You can view all wordpress.com plan features here https://wordpress.com/pricing/ Add a plan for each of your sites here: http://store.wordpress.com/plans/.

    Details:
    There are no monthly payment plans and no bulk deal upgrades. We are billed annually. Also note that purchase orders are not accepted. We must pay for all upgrades in full at the time of purchase.

    WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers but mapping an existing domain is possible. http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/ The domain or mapping of any existing domain URL is included in the pricing for a personal upgrade, a premium and a business upgrade.

    Premium upgrades do not include any premium themes which are all individually priced one time upgrades. The Business upgrade includes access to all premium themes but also note that there is no e-commerce capability under any plan here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/small-business-website-1?replies=2#post-2804631.

    Make sure you read the comparison very closely do you know exactly what the restrictions and limitations on WordPress.COM blogging are: http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

    Also read Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading

    WordPress.com does not provide an email service for blogs on their sub domains or on custom domains. Please see these support docs
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/add-email/
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/email-forwarding/

    What domain mapping does is providing a seamless redirect to the very same content under the new domain URL when a person clicks the old URL .wordpress.com to the original content. It can take up to 72 hours for domain propagation to take place throughout the internet but it doesn’t usually take that long. https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

    You must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard and purchase upgrades at > Dashboard> Store > My Upgrades
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/

    Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/billing-history/

    Your only options for payment are found here Payment Methods http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/

    WordPress.com provides a 30-day refund on all upgrades except Domain Registrations, Domain Renewals, and Guided Transfers. The refund period for Domain Registrations and Renewals is 48 hours.

    Note: It takes from 1 – 2 weeks for the refund to be received.

    You have to be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard, cancel any upgrades, claim a refund for any qualified upgrades, and disable auto-renew. Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades. You can also disable auto-renew there. http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/#canceling-upgrades

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    timethief · Member ·

    On the free or $2.99 plans, can themes be uploaded and used on them like I can do now on my hosting account.

    There are no monthly payment plans.

    The only themes we can use on WordPress.com hosted blogs are licensed and adapted to run on our multiuser software the themes are found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and in your dashboard at > Appearance > Themes

    There is no FTP access to free hosted WordPress.com blogs for security reasons and we cannot:
    upload any third party themes,
    create child themes,
    create our own themes,
    edit templates,
    create own own layouts,
    or use stylesheets from other themes.

    See:
    Themes »Uploading Custom Themes
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

    WordPress.com sites have some built in plugins http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/. However, if you are reading anything that makes you think that we bloggers can install plugins, advertising, custom themes or third party themes on sites hosted by wordpress.COM, then you are mistaken/misinformed. We have never had that ability. You are confusing wordpress.COM hosted blogs and wordpress.ORG installs on paid hosting.

    Blogger installed plugin capability does not exist on WordPress.COM blogs and there is no upgrade you can purchase here that changes that reality. Permalink structure cannot be changed on sites hosted by wordpress.com

    For that type of functionality, you’d need a self-hosted WordPress.ORG software install running on a paid web hosting service.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

    See: Moving to Self-Hosted WordPress
    https://move.wordpress.com/

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