Linking to domain hosted via Siteground
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I am trying to link our a site hosted via siteground to wordpress, but each time I try and link it, it prompts me to pay €96. I tried via domain -> add -> use a domain I own -> manually connect.
I have another WordPress account, where I have a similar set-up and have a domain hosted via siteground linked to my free WordPress account. I would like to achieve the same in this situation, but am not sure what I am doing wrong.Would greatly appreciate your help on this!
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How domain mapping works
Registering an underlying .wordpress.com URL first is required for domain mapping. That underlying URL does not have to match the domain URL when you are 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/
There are 3 ways to add a custom domain to your blog. Please note that an active WordPress.com plan is required to add a custom domain to your site. https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#getting-started
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. The WordPress.COM upgrade for mapping a domain must be renewed annually.
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/
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It looks like you’re trying to connect the domain to a site here. You actually want to connect the Jetpack plugin to the self hosted site. You can start here: https://wordpress.com/jetpack/new?ref=calypso-selector
Type in the domain on the “Add an existing WordPress site with Jetpack”, then use that to connect to your own self hosted site.
You can also seek help for connecting at https://jetpack.com/support
Hope that helps!
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