Must I use WordPress' NS for domain mapping?

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  scienceteachersarah · Member · Jan 17, 2012 at 3:19 am

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  I would like to direct the A record of my domain to the WordPress blog-site I set up, and while I’m happy to pay for the domain mapping upgrade, I do not want to change Nameservers (domain hosting). Is there another way to do this?

  In the Custom DNS instructions, I note “Please note that you cannot add an A record for a root level domain such as mydomain.com through the WordPress.com Custom DNS editor. You must use another DNS hosting provider if you want to do that.” How would one use another DNS hosting provider and still comply? Thank you!
  Blog url: http://sciteachersarah.wordpress.com/

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  evarlese · Member · Jan 17, 2012 at 3:58 pm

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  If you want to use the domain mapping upgrade, you’ll need to update your domain name servers:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

  As an alternative, you may be interested in mapping a subdomain to your WordPress.com site, which would allow you to keep your name servers as is:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-subdomain/