revert mapping existing domain to default

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  idgar · Member · Oct 21, 2014 at 8:36 pm

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  Hi,
  I want to map existing domain but i’m not sure if i’ll keep it after the year.
  I just want to try it and then to see if the blog successful.
  could it will be possible to bring it back to my current default address in the future? (idgar.wordpress.com)

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  timethief · Member · Oct 21, 2014 at 8:43 pm

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  Yes but I do NOT recommend doing what you propose to do. If you remove domain mapping there are repercussions that will negatively affect the blog, its earned authority and positioning under the domain URL in search engine results. Read these for clarity:
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/04/02/do-i-need-a-domain/
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/01/30/omg-my-domain-name-expired/
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/08/05/avoid-creating-404-pages/

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  timethief · Member · Oct 21, 2014 at 8:43 pm

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  Read first please http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  Note that 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.

  Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading

  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.

  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.