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  kaygrav · Member · Jun 2, 2017 at 5:31 pm

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  Do I honestly have to pay after purchasing a domain on bluehost to redirect my users on wordpress? I need help with this. I want everything on my new domain.

  kraveexpression.wordpress.com to
  kravexpression.com

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

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  timethief · Member · Jun 2, 2017 at 5:33 pm

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  Yes you have to purchase a plan and pay for domain mapping. I do not know of any host that domain maps free of charge.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 2, 2017 at 5:34 pm

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  How domain mapping works
  Registering an underlying .wordpress.com URL first is required for domain mapping. That underlying URL does not have to match the domain URL when you are domain mapping. What domain mapping does is providing a seamless redirect to the very same content under the new domain URL when a person clicks the old URL .wordpress.com to the original content. It can take up to 72 hours for domain propagation to take place throughout the internet but it doesn’t usually take that long. https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

  There are 3 ways to add a custom domain to your blog. Please note that an active WordPress.com plan is required to add a custom domain to your site. https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#getting-started

  WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers but mapping an existing domain is possible. http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

  The domain or mapping of any existing domain URL is included in the pricing for a personal upgrade, a premium and a business upgrade. The WordPress.COM upgrade for mapping a domain must be renewed annually.

  You can do that under the personal plan but you need to add the plan first. If you add the domain first, Premium is selected automatically.

  Go to My Site ->Plans and buy the Personal Plan, and then you can go back and claim your free domain at My Site ->Domains ->Add.
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/custom-domain-89?replies=6#post-2882612

  We have 4 different plans: free, personal, premium and business. All hosting is free regardless of which plan you choose. You can view all wordpress.com plan features here https://wordpress.com/pricing/ Add a plan for each of your sites here: http://store.wordpress.com/plans/.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 2, 2017 at 5:36 pm

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  redirect my users on wordpress?

  Are you asking how to move your subscribers? If so read this support doc https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/#wordpress-com-to-self-hosted-site

  Also read site redirect here https://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/

  Site Redirect
  Are you leaving WordPress.com? Would you like to redirect example.wordpress.com (as well as all of your permalinks) to your new domain name?