Really need help please!!

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  mjrosenberg1 · Member · Jan 7, 2014 at 11:55 pm

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  I am trying to change over to .org from .com.

  No idea what im doing!!!

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

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  mjrosenberg1 · Member · Jan 7, 2014 at 11:57 pm

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  I paid for the blog and domain name, i have even paid for the premium theme- minimum. As i have used this theme for a client and love the portfolio in it. not realising that i could not utilise this in the wordpress.com so now need to transfer over to wordpress.org.

  Have i just wasted all this money for no reason? PLEASE HELP!!

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  timethief · Member · Jan 8, 2014 at 12:02 am

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  To move your content you need to create an XML export file of your content. It will not include the theme as they cannot be exported. See 3 below.

  Note: Premium Themes that are licensed for WordPress.com use only cannot be transferred to self-hosted WordPress.org sites. http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/premium-themes/

  Provided you are within the 30 days allowed and logged in under the same username account that purchased the upgrade, you ought to be able to request a refund from your dashboard > Store > My Upgrades

  WordPress.com provides a 30-day refund on all upgrades except Domain Registrations, Domain Renewals, http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/cancel-domain/ and Guided Transfers.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/upgrades/#refunds
  Note: It takes from 1 – 2 weeks for the refund to be received.

  Also note that if you have purchased a premium theme you will have to contact the theme designer and request a wordpress.org version of it.

  WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  1. Hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/

  2. Set up a WordPress.org install and equip it with a theme and plugins.
  http://wordpress.org/themes/
  http://wordpress.org/plugins/

  3. Export your content out of your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/ and import it into the install.

  4. Purchase a site redirect upgrade from wordpress.com
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/ or if you have domain mapping then update the nameservers http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/

  5. Transfer subscribers and stats. See http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/

  6. Set your wordpress.com blog visibility to private. To change blog visibility to private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3 . See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  Alternatively you can purchase a Guided Transfer and Staff will do the move and set up for you http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/