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  pottythepirate · Member · Sep 27, 2019 at 5:51 pm

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  I’m trying to build a new WordPress website, and the software wants me to sign up for a paid package if I transfer my existing domain.

  Can I build a website first, make sure I’m happy with it, and then assign my domain to the site once everything is ready to go?

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

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Sep 27, 2019 at 5:53 pm

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  Hi there,

  That is not an issue – what you could do is create a site with a free WordPress.com blog address. You are assigned a .wordpress.com or a .home.blog subdomain whenever you create a site with WordPress.com, so you can just use that as the domain as you build the site and determine whether or not this is the platform you want to use. Once you are developing the site, you can make the decision to transfer the domain over:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/incoming-domain-transfer/

  map and existing domain:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/map-existing-domain/

  Or even creating a new one:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/register-domain/

  Hope this helps,