Migrate domain?

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  ascendancycbd · Member · Jul 2, 2019 at 3:32 am

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  Why do I have only the option to migrate my domain? Why can’t I just use my existing domain and wordpress setup with wordpress.com?

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jul 2, 2019 at 7:48 am

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  Hi there,

  Of what domain are you speaking?

  To use a domain with WordPress.com, you first need a site on WordPress.com, and you don’t have one yet. It’s not possible to simply move an existing WordPress site to WordPress.com’s hosting. Instead, you first create a new site on WordPress.com, and then you migrate your content from the existing site to us:

  https://transferto.wordpress.com/

  To use an existing domain with this new WordPress.com site, you’ll need to be on a paid plan. Then you have the option to either transfer the domain to us completely, or to leave it at your current domain provider and just connect it here.

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/move-domain/incoming-domain-transfer/

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/map-existing-domain/