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  mjbronstein · Member · Oct 13, 2011 at 1:07 am

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  I am trying to change my blog address from intheplayground.wordpress.com to a new .com I have purchased from Go Daddy:

  INTHISPLAYGROUND.COM

  PLEASE help me to make this change before I publicize my blog address!
  Blog url: http://intheplayground.wordpress.com/

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  rhc3 · Member · Oct 13, 2011 at 1:12 am

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  In order to use the domain you have purchased at Go Daddy for your WordPress.com blog you will need to purchase the “Domain Mapping” upgrade.

  This page has more details and instructions on how to do this:

  http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

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  mjbronstein · Member · Oct 13, 2011 at 1:23 am

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  Thank you rhc3…
  I’ve gone to the link and read about domain mapping… but I’m confused. My site at this moment exists at my wordpress address. I want to point this wordpress.com site to my new .com address. I bought the .com from Go Daddy today so I could secure it. Don’t I just want to redirect??

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  designsimply · Member · Oct 13, 2011 at 2:00 am

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  A site redirect upgrade here at WordPress.com is if you have setup web hosting through an outside company and you want to redirect your WordPress.com blog traffic to the new web host.

  A domain mapping upgrade is used when you want to map a domain you already own to a WordPress.com blog. If you would like to continue using http://intheplayground.wordpress.com/ and map intheplayground.com onto that blog, then you should use the domain mapping upgrade.

  The next step for domain mapping would be to update the intheplayground.com name servers to NS1.WORDPRESS.COM, NS2.WORDPRESS.COM, and NS3.WORDPRESS.COM through GoDaddy.com. Once that takes effect, then enter intheplayground.com into the form on your wWordPress.com blog’s Store → Domains page and follow the prompts.

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  mjbronstein · Member · Oct 13, 2011 at 2:10 am

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  many thanks for the clarification !
  I’ve gone to Go Daddy and changed the name servers.

  I’ll check in a couple of hours to see if it worked and will then move onto the wordpress piece.

  fingers crossed!

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  designsimply · Member · Oct 13, 2011 at 2:16 am

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  Cheers. :)