Multiple domain names to one blog

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  ministrysupportservices · Member · Nov 27, 2012 at 7:13 am

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  Hi
  I am building my website at wordpress.com

  It is currently at http://www.ministrysupportservices.wordpress.com

  I own ministrysupportservices.com.au plus a number of other domains that are similar, as well as my ownname.com.au and variations

  I want the site’s main address to be ministrysupportservices.com.au
  I can see where to do this through wordpress.

  My query is :
  I want to point all the domains I own to the same site.
  How do I do this?
  Do I do it through WordPress or through Crazy Domains?
  What are the costs involved?

  Thanks
  Karen

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  tandava108 · Member · Nov 27, 2012 at 7:21 am

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  You need to map your main domain via domain WordPress mapping. The others you ave a choice. Most domain hosters allow you to set up a redirect – so for example anyone browsing to http://otherdomain.com/anything will go to your main page ministrysupportservices.com.au.

  The second way is to set them all up through domain mapping. This would mean that http://otherdomain.com/what-does-mss-offer/ would go to http://ministrysupportservices.com.au/what-does-mss-offer/ and so on.

  Whicheer way you do it the user will see your main domain name in URL bar

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  ministrysupportservices · Member · Nov 27, 2012 at 9:55 am

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  Thanks Tandava108.
  If I take the second option, to I have to pay for each one separately?
  Karen

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  tandava108 · Member · Nov 27, 2012 at 12:59 pm

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  Yes, each domain mapping is a separate payment. Seriously I would question whether mapping separate domains is worthwhile – only the primary one will show up in web searches, etc.

  The only reason I can think of is to “sit on” similar names to stop someone from starting a ministrysupportservices.com, ministrysupportservices.org, or ministrysupportservices.co.uk, etc. and a redirect would do for that

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  ministrysupportservices · Member · Nov 29, 2012 at 6:51 am

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  Thanks. I own those, so no-one would start them :)
  I just thought if people got the name wrong, they’d still find me.