Link my blog with New domain

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  adelthobeani · Member · Sep 28, 2013 at 7:04 pm

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  hi,
  i want to link my free wordpress blog with my new domain which i register from another place ..

  what is proper way to do that ?

  thx,
  adel

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  timethief · Member · Sep 28, 2013 at 7:06 pm

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  If you already own a domain then you purchase a domain mapping upgrade to use it in conjunction with your .wordpress.com blog. If you don’t own one you can purchase one through WordPress.com.

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

  In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from. If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog and purchase a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog.

  See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades is where you do the primary blog set up knowing it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.

  P.S. For more details on how domain mapping works read this > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/04/02/do-i-need-a-domain/