Moving Domain to WordPress.com

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  sreinheimer · Member · May 4, 2014 at 6:24 pm

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  I want to move my domain to wordpress.com

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  timethief · Member · May 4, 2014 at 9:31 pm

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  WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#transferring-a-domain-to-wordpress-com The option is to purchase an upgrade to map an existing domain. You need to point your nameservers at wherever your domain was purchased to wordpress.com. See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  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.

  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.