question about guided transfer for moving to self-hosted blog

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  trishatorrey · Member · Dec 6, 2011 at 9:13 pm

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  Reviewing your guided transfer service – I already have hosting space that I would like to use to self-host my blog. The service listing states that you will move a blog to a “partner” host – but I would like to move it to my current host, one that is not listed as a partner. Do you offer the service even when it’s not to move the blog to a partner?
  Blog url: http://advoconnection.wordpress.com/

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Dec 7, 2011 at 12:47 am

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  Hi,

  Guided transfer does require that you use one of our partner hosts.

  Otherwise, you’ll need to install WordPress from http://wordpress.org/ on your hosting provider.

  Once that’s done, you can move your content following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two different entities.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  WordPress.org has complete support and documentation sites for self-hosted/installed versions of WordPress at:
  http://wordpress.org/support/
  http://codex.wordpress.org/

  We do offer yearly and one-time premium support packages for self-hosted WordPress sites through our VIP program, available at http://vip.wordpress.com