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  mranswerman · Member · Jul 15, 2014 at 10:40 pm

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  Hey, I know it probably says this, but here is where I get confused. With a Premium account you get a custom domain name. What I don’t understand does the $99 cover the cost of registering that name and hosting it every year (I think it cost $13 or $18/month of you bring your own name over…or is that per year cost?)
  Also, let’s say I decide to leave, can I take that domain name with me?
  Thanks,
  Lloyd

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  timethief · Member · Jul 15, 2014 at 10:56 pm

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  Once you buy a domain name it’s portable and can be moved to another site but do note that the purchase is good for only a single year and for a single blog. If you allow the domain URL to expire there is no guarantee you will get it back.

  See here for details of all 3 plans http://store.wordpress.com/bundles/ offered by WordPress.com.

  See here for details in regard to all available upgrades. http://en.support.wordpress.com/upgrades/

  See here for ecommerce details http://en.support.wordpress.com/ecommerce/

  You must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard and purchase upgrades at > Store > My Upgrades
  Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
  Your options for payment are found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/

  Note that the free plan and the Premium plan do not allow you to upload your own themes or plugins. WordPress.com blogs cannot be equipped for eCommerce transactions unless they have the $299. per year Business upgrade. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ecommerce-is-now-available-on-wordpresscom?replies=1

  A self-hosted WordPress site might be right for you. WordPress.org offers free software that you can install on a web server. You can upload and install themes and plugins, run ads, conduct ecommerce and edit the database. Learn about the differences here. http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  timethief · Member · Jul 15, 2014 at 10:57 pm

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  Your content stays exactly where it is. All that changes is the URLs and your visitors are seamlessly redirected from the original .wordpress.com URLs to the same content under the new domain URLs.

  Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading
  All About Domains http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/all-about-domains/

  In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from and the domain name you desire must be available for purchase, or you must already own the domain URL.

  You must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard at > Store > My Upgrades to purchase a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog.

  See here if you do not own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

  See here if you do already own a domain and want to map to it http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

  After you do the primary blog set up 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.