Purchasing domain from wordpress and then moving

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  ccwesley · Member · May 30, 2011 at 4:38 am

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  Hello,

  I am interested in purchasing a domain from wordpress for $17 a year. My question was, if I wanted to eventually no longer use the wordpress blog, but keep the domain, would that be possible?

  Thanks!

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  raincoaster · Member · May 30, 2011 at 4:43 am

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  Yes, absolutely. I’m doing that myself on lolebrity.net.

  Word to the wise: Do not buy ANY upgrades when staff are not on duty. They’re taking hte long weekend off, so wait till they’re back to upgrade, just to make sure nothing goes wrong.

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  timethief · Member · May 30, 2011 at 4:45 am

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  What you are purchasing is a domain name and domain mapping. So, for example you wish to hire a blog host and move your content into a wordpress.org install in the future – no problem. The domain mapping provides a seamless redirection for your visitors. No links will be broken.

  See here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/ http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/

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  ccwesley · Member · Jun 1, 2011 at 6:00 pm

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  I am not sure if question has been fully understood…what I was asking was: if for now I purchase the domain from wordpress and have the wordpress blog on the domain I have purchased, but later I wanted to have more control over the content or perhaps no longer have it in blog form, would I be able to do that?

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  airodyssey · Member · Jun 1, 2011 at 11:30 pm

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  As raincoaster said: “Yes, absolutely” :-)
  Staff have provided instructions to do just that once you purchased the domain name through WordPress.com.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/domain-management/#update-nameservers

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  ccwesley · Member · Jun 2, 2011 at 1:02 am

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  Ok, thank you! Can anyone tell me if doing this costs extra?

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  ccwesley · Member · Jun 3, 2011 at 9:50 pm

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  Anyone know?

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 3, 2011 at 10:39 pm

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  It costs the price of the domain name and the mapping, so $17 altogether for a year.