Is it possible to just pay for domain mapping only

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    throwawayyy · Member ·

    Is it possible to just pay to map a domain name rather than having to purchase a plan first? I have a domain name that I’d like to use but I don’t have much need for a plan. The only thing I’d use a plan for would be to change the title text colour and link colour. I can’t justify paying £28 per year to change those two things or to map a domain name. When I set up a blog on WordPress.com several years ago I was able to purchase domain mapping separately. Now all I see are three plan options.

    Thanks

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    dave2swords · Member ·

    Hi
    Sorry that is no longer possible. As it says in https://en.support.wordpress.com/map-existing-domain/

    You will need an upgraded WordPress.com plan on your site in order to map a domain. Each paid plan comes with a free domain credit you can use to either register a new domain or map one you already own.

    best,
    dave

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    timethief · Member ·

    No that is not possible.

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    timethief · Member ·

    When I set up a blog on WordPress.com several years ago I was able to purchase domain mapping separately. Now all I see are three plan options.

    Stand alone upgrades were discontinued last year. Now we need to register a plan and the price has changed.

    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 4 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/.

    How domain mapping works
    Registering an underlying .wordpress.com URL first is required for domain mapping. 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/

    Please go to https://wordpress.com/pricing/ to upgrade.

    If you have any difficulties see what Staff said here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/custom-domain-89?replies=6#post-2882612

    You can use the Personal Plan, yes, but you need to add the plan first. If you add the domain first, Premium is selected automatically.

    Go to My Site ->Plans and buy the Personal Plan, and then you can go back and claim your free domain at My Site ->Domains ->Add.

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    throwawayyy · Member ·

    Okay, thanks for the information. :)

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