Remove the wordpress.com from website name
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Hello! I have a custom domain name of chelseabesse.com that is hosted through GoDaddy. I recently retired my website and moved over to my WordPress blog. I forwarded my domain name to go to my new blog, however it still has the wordpress.com name.
I am very confused with reading all the tutorials and whatnot, I have tried. Usually I can get this stuff fairly easily.
Can someone explain in very simple terms how to make my domain name lose the wordpress.com add on?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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If you would like to map to a domain that you own from your wordpress.COM blog you will first need to set up domain mapping.
WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers but mapping an existing domain is possible. Domain mapping of an existing domain URL that you already own and purchased elsewhere is not done free of charge. You will have to renew the domain name purchase where you made it and the domain mapping purchase here every year.
Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually. In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from and it does not matter what that underlying .wordpress.com URL is.It does not have to match the domain URL.
If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog and purchase a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog.
Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading
In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from, and the domain name you desire must be available for purchase, or you must already own the domain URL.
You must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard at > Store > My Upgrades to purchase upgrades for the blog.
If you own a domain then see here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades is where you do the primary blog set up knowing it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.
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I am very confused with reading all the tutorials and whatnot, I have tried. Usually I can get this stuff fairly easily.
The tutorials you find onlineare only for WordPress.ORG software installs. The only relevant support docs for WordPress.Com hosted blogs are here http://support.wordpress.com/
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