My own domain name

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  melaneyf · Member · Sep 23, 2018 at 12:53 am

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  If I already bought my own domain name through Go Daddy, how do I use that as the web address for Word Press?

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Sep 23, 2018 at 1:55 am

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  Howdy –

  Thanks for writing to us.

  The first thing you’ll need to do is set up a plan on the account. This plan will account for the domain mapping. Domain mapping is what tells the internet to point that domain to our service. This way, when folks go to your site, they see the WordPress.com version.

  The plans are at https://wordpress.com/pricing/ If you have questions about those let me know.

  Step two is to get the mapping set up. These are the instructions to help you with that: https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  Write back with any other questions.