Point my GoDaddy Domain to my WordPress Blog

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  cindysullivan · Member · Nov 17, 2013 at 4:50 pm

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  How can I direct my GoDaddy registered domain name to my WordPress blog?
  I’m a writer, not a techie. I need easy instructions please.

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  timethief · Member · Nov 17, 2013 at 4:52 pm

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  Hi Cindy,
  Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually.

  In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from. If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog and purchase a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog.

  See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades is where you do the primary blog set up knowing it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.

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  cindysullivan · Member · Nov 18, 2013 at 3:31 pm

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  Thanks so much! I’ll give that a try later today. Do I need to buy mapping for each blog, or will the $13 annually allow me to do all my mapping?

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  auxclass · Member · Nov 18, 2013 at 4:37 pm

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  Each blog – per year