move wordpress.org domain to wordpress.com
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I have a client who already has a wordpress.org site with the clients domain attached. The client wants to use wordpress.com now. I started a wordpress.com site for the client and I now need to move their domain over. I cannot find how to do this.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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This might be of help: http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/
Anyway, I want to clarify some things. You said “WordPress.org site with the client’s domain attached” then indicated that the blog you needed help with is http://heartsandsaul.wordpress.com, so you got me confused. What’s the URL of the blog you’re moving from?
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I started a wordpress.com site for the client and I now need to move their domain over.
Please read this first so you and your client are crystal clear on the differences and limitations of WordPress.COM blogging http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading
WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers but mapping an existing domain is possible.
Domain mapping of an existing domain URL that you already own and purchased elsewhere is not done free of charge. You will have to renew the domain name purchase where you made it and the domain mapping purchase here every year.
Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually. In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from and it does not matter what that underlying .wordpress.com URL is. It does not have to match the domain URL. 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.
If you own that domain then 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.
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Oh, I didn’t type that last line. That must have been auto-added by the forum. The site I need help with is marked private. Upon further reflection, I just want to get rid of the client’s old site and use this new one I created. I just need to transfer the domain to this new site.
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The site I need help with is marked private.
Yes the software provided that URL because about 30% of those who post here are not referring to WordPress.COM blogs at all. They are looking for WordPress.ORG software support.
That’s why you see Volunteers like me post what follows:
I’m sorry but we cannot provide accurate answers to any blogger who fails to provide the exact URL starting with http:// for the exact blog they refer to so we can verify where it is hosted. Please do that now.
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