Moving my wordpress web site blog from john52us to oldmanwrite as domain adress?

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  john52us · Member · Mar 15, 2015 at 6:16 pm

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  I have set up my web site and blog and finally setting upon an address which will be
  https://oldmanwrite.wordpress.com/ . I will purchase a domain at this address but I set up the whole web site at https://john52us.wordpress.com while I was working on it and taking class. So How do I transfer everything over to the new site ? I don’t want to lose everything I’ve created. I want to do everything then test it out at the wordpress.com address before launching and purchasing the domain. Thanks John Bauer at

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Mar 15, 2015 at 6:32 pm

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  Hi there,
  Not to worry as you can use the export tool and then import the XML file you create. See here Moving Between WordPress.com Blogs
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-between-wordpress-com-blogs

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  john52us · Member · Mar 15, 2015 at 6:51 pm

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  Thank you very much. I followed your instructions and am awaiting
  total transfer. Thanks again. John B.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 15, 2015 at 7:03 pm

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  You’re welcome John. :)

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  john52us · Member · Mar 16, 2015 at 9:58 pm

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  OK everything transferred to the new site ok, but
  I’ve found if I type in https://oldmanwrite.wordpress.com I get nada, zero, but if I type in https://john52us.wordpress.com, then the new site comes up –Old Man Write – loaded with the web pages.

  I want the web address to be http://www.oldmanwrite.wordpress and the blog web site etc. but every time I try to change domain, it says I cant?
  Thanks again.
  Eventually I’ll purchase the domain for http://www.oldmanwrite.com but I wanted this straightened out first.

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  pmciano · Member · Mar 17, 2015 at 4:23 pm

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  @john52us

  You’ve basically created a duplicate of your original site. You’re looking at two different sites; they just look the same.

  If you no longer want john52us.wordpress.com to exist, you can delete it:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/delete-site/

  Please read the warnings and advice before deleting a site, as we can’t revert a site deletion for any reason.

  If you want to hide your site instead, you can use the following guide to make your site private so only you and other members of the site can view it when logged in:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  When you’re ready to add a custom domain to your new site, you can do so here:

  https://oldmanwrite.wordpress.com/wp-admin/paid-upgrades.php?page=domains

  Register a New Domain

  Let us know if you have any more questions :-)