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  hgsurvivor · Member · May 27, 2012 at 7:04 pm

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  Hi there,
  I’m interested in changing my url from hgsurvivor.wordpress.com to hgsurvivor.com. A friend suggested I look into ipage because it costs $25/year.. This is their site: http://www.ipage.com/blog-plan

  I’m a newbie and am curious as to whether or not anyone else has used this company and if their service is good.

  I’m also concerned as to whether or not this is the right choice. Should I pay the $18/year to wordpress? And if I do that will my url be able to be changed or do I need to do something else?

  I’ve read through a lot of articles on the wordpress site and have also searched the forums, but I’m very new to this and find that I don’t understand enough to make a good decision.

  I appreciate any advice. Thank you!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · May 27, 2012 at 7:15 pm

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  I’m also concerned as to whether or not this is the right choice. Should I pay the $18/year to wordpress? And if I do that will my url be able to be changed or do I need to do something else?

  As you know that all WordPress.com blogs are free hosted please read the information found here:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/#before-upgrading-important-notes

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  thesacredpath · Member · May 27, 2012 at 8:33 pm

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  You have to be careful about things like iPage. What type of blogging software are they offering you? Is it a legacy, home-grown system that they have created or are they providing one of the known blogging software packages like wordpress?

  If it is a home-grown system, can it export your content, if you should decide to move, and what format does it export it in, and can any of the popular blogging platforms import it? DON’T put yourself at the end of a dead-end street with nowhere to go should you a year from now decide that it isn’t for you. We get people all the time asking how to import their stuff from some sort of home-grown legacy system and most times they end up out of luck and have a years worth of copying, pasting, editing and formatting to do in order to move.

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  timethief · Member · May 27, 2012 at 8:38 pm

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  @thesacredpath
  Hey there,
  I was wondering if you would post your advice. :)

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  thesacredpath · Member · May 27, 2012 at 8:48 pm

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  @timethief, good day to you.

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  timethief · Member · May 27, 2012 at 8:50 pm

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  @thesacredpath
  Good day to you too. We are house painting and renovating — need I say more. :(

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  hgsurvivor · Member · May 27, 2012 at 11:19 pm

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  Thank you both for your help!

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  timethief · Member · May 27, 2012 at 11:20 pm

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  You’re welcome from me. Don’t overlook thesacredpath’s advice.

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  hgsurvivor · Member · May 28, 2012 at 12:57 am

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  I won’t! I ended up buying the $18 wordpress option.

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  timethief · Member · May 28, 2012 at 1:02 am

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  You made the right choice IMHO.

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  hgsurvivor · Member · May 28, 2012 at 1:21 am

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  I think so, too. Love WP!