Premium Upgrade expires: I'd like to register our domain without WordPress

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  6fpkjd · Member · Mar 10, 2015 at 1:09 pm

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  Hello,
  we purchased the Premium Upgrade for our blog. Now we received a mail, that this upgrade is expiring in June.
  We have decided to move our blog from wordpress.com to another hoster. So here is my problem:
  At the moment, the domain is ours. We would like to own it without the WordPress-domain-upgrade stuff by buying it via our hoster. Which steps to we have to take, to manage this?
  Do we have to wait, until the upgrade expired?

  Regards
  Sarah

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

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  pmciano · Member · Mar 10, 2015 at 4:47 pm

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  @malsomalso

  The guide below explains how to transfer the domain name to another registrar, including how to access the authorization (EPP) code:

  Transfer a Domain to Another Registrar

  This guide will step you through the process of moving your site to a WordPress.org instance:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  As we only support sites hosted here at WordPress.com, all issues with the new site – including the importing of the file – must be taken to the WordPress.org support community:

  http://wordpress.org/support/

  If you’d like assistance moving your WordPress.com site to WordPress.org, we have a service called Guided Transfer that does all the work for you. Check it out to see if it’s right for you:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

  Let us know if you have any more questions.

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  6fpkjd · Member · Mar 18, 2015 at 4:14 pm

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  Thanks a lot for your help! I’ll let you know, if there are further problems.

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  pmciano · Member · Mar 18, 2015 at 7:50 pm

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  @malsomalso

  You’re welcome!

  We’ll be here :-)

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  6fpkjd · Member · Apr 25, 2015 at 3:47 pm

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  Hi again,

  I started the transfer and actually my domain should be transferred. I agreed to the transfer in the “my domains” section, but everytime I refresh the site, I can agree to the transfer again, which seems weak to me. Is this normal?

  Meanwhile, I’m waiting for the transfer…

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  pmciano · Member · Apr 25, 2015 at 6:45 pm

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  @malsomalso

  As far as I can tell, everything looks fine.

  Now, you just need to complete the transfer with your new registrar:

  Transfer a Domain to Another Registrar

  Within a few days, it should be complete.

  Let us know if you have any more questions.

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  6fpkjd · Member · Apr 27, 2015 at 9:51 am

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  my new provider says, I should have received an FOA-E-Mail which I have to confirm.
  We (I) didn’t receive such an emai. I only ssaw the link in my domain options where I can agree to the transfer.

  My new provider also says, if I don’t confirm the transfer within a few days, the transfer will quit.

  Do you have any idea what to do now?

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  6fpkjd · Member · Apr 27, 2015 at 10:05 am

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  I cant see your email. Can you post your advice here?

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  pmciano · Member · Apr 28, 2015 at 3:38 pm

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  @malsomalso

  It looks like your domain transfer has successfully gone through.

  If you have additional questions, please let us know.