Please move my followers

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  v12m · Member · Oct 4, 2012 at 3:17 pm

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  Hi – I am moving my blog from mothercrater.wordpress.com to a self hosted blog at http://www.mothercrafterdiy.com

  can you please help me move my followers?

  Thanks.

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

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  timethief · Member · Oct 4, 2012 at 3:23 pm

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  Hi there,
  After you install the JetPack plugin and activate it Staff can transfer your email subscribers for you. Please post into this thread again when you have done that. Note that followers using the WordPress.com Reader cannot be followed.

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  v12m · Member · Oct 8, 2012 at 2:34 pm

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  Jetpack installed. I am using feedburner on my old site (wordpress.com) – does that matter?

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  v12m · Member · Oct 9, 2012 at 8:32 pm

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  Hi – Let me know what to do. Thanks

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  timethief · Member · Oct 9, 2012 at 8:36 pm

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  Yes, it matters. if you were using the WordPress.com Follow Blog widget, Staff can move the email subscribers. However, as you are using Feeburner Staff can’t move those subscribers. You have to do that yourself.

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  ryanhellyer · Member · Oct 9, 2012 at 8:45 pm

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  If you are using Feedburner, then the subscribers will move automatically. You will presumably forward your WordPress.com account to your new one, and that will automagically redirect your Feedburner subscribers too.

  It may also be possible to change the feed URL in Feedburner. It’s been a while since I’ve used that service, so I’m not entirely sure on that though.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 9, 2012 at 8:49 pm

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  All I did was copy and paste the Feedburner subscription sign-up form the text widget on the WordPress.com blog to the WordPress.org site and that was it. I didn’t bother burning a new feed and it worked find. I’ve also made the opposite move from a WordPress.org install to a WordPress.com blog by doing the same thing.

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  v12m · Member · Oct 9, 2012 at 8:52 pm

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  It looks like I can change the url in feedburner, and that should take care of it. Thanks

  FYI, feedburner settings page says:
  ‘You should not change “Original Feed” unless you move your original feed to a new domain or a new location on your existing server. Also, changing “Feed Address” will require you to update your feed subscribers with your new address; the previous feed address will no longer work.’

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  timethief · Member · Oct 9, 2012 at 9:05 pm

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  Thanks for posting that. It will be handy when the next blogger posts this question again. Best wishes with your new site. :)