Moving from wordpress.org to wordpress.com

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  jeffblankenburg04 · Member · Jan 3, 2014 at 6:34 pm

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  I currently have a wordpress.org site on a 3rd party hosting provider. I want to move all of my content to a wordpress.com site, including the domain name, email forwarding, etc. Is there a service to help me make this happen?

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  jeffblankenburg04 · Member · Jan 3, 2014 at 6:36 pm

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  The current site is actually at http://jeffblankenburg.com.

  The domain mentioned above is my feeble attempt to move it to wordpress.com.

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  staff-totoro · Staff · Jan 5, 2014 at 12:35 am

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  Hi there,

  I currently have a wordpress.org site on a 3rd party hosting provider. I want to move all of my content to a wordpress.com site, including the domain name, email forwarding, etc.

  Importing from another WordPress.org site is easy! This guide explains how to do it:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/import/coming-from-self-hosted

  If you had a custom domain and want to keep using it where it is registered now. Please note, we are not accepting incoming domain “transfers,” at the moment. However, you can map your domain to a WordPress.com site, as explained in the above guide.

  For email, you can use the following instructions to get yourself set up. It’s a good idea to host your eamil with your current domain registrar, and the use the following guide to add the correct settings here to connect your site and email so they function correctly.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/add-email/

  Is there a service to help me make this happen?

  Unfortunately there is not, but the above guides will make the process relatively pain free. If you get stuck, let me know. I’m happy to help.