Please help – transferring from wp.com to self hosted at Bluhost

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  lauratuomela · Member · Aug 26, 2015 at 6:48 am

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  Can anyone help me with this issue please? I tried to move my site to a self hosted site, in order to get plugins going. I bought Bluhost and installed WordPress. But now they say my domain is pointing at wordpress and not Bluhost and i need to change it. How do I proceed?

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  staff-happychia · Staff · Aug 26, 2015 at 9:21 am

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  Until now you have both your site and your domain on WordPress.com.

  Now you have moved your site to BlueHost but your domain is still at WordPress.com. You have two options:

  [1] Transfer domain registration to BlueHost. Here are the instructions:

  a. Prepare the Domain Transfer: https://en.support.wordpress.com/transfer-domain-registration/

  b. Starting the Transfer With BlueHost: https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/45

  [2] Leave your domain registered with WordPress.com and point it to BlueHost by changing its name servers. Here are the instructions:

  a. Change name servers to point the domain outside of WordPress.com

  b. Instructions for changing name servers.

  c. Bluehost Nameservers

  Generally it is better to keep both hosting and domain at the same place. So I suggest you go with the first option.

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  lauratuomela · Member · Aug 26, 2015 at 10:14 am

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  Thank you chaitanyamsv so much! I’ll try option number 2.