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  bluste63 · Member · May 9, 2018 at 8:07 pm

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  Hi. All I keep seeing here is bluste63.wordpress.com as my domain name but my domain name should be http://www.bluste63.com what will show in the address bar when the site goes live? Thanks

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  shubhamgmath · Member · May 10, 2018 at 12:31 am

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  Hi bluster63

  You need to link your domain http://www.bluste63.com to your wordpress.com account.

  You can use your already purchased domain with WordPress in two ways.

  1. Transferring the domain register with someone else to WordPress.com. Here is the support document for transferring your domain to WordPress.com: https://en.support.wordpress.com/incoming-domain-transfer/prepare-domain-for-transfer/
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/incoming-domain-transfer/

  Please follow the steps in the above link to get your domain transferred.

  One important thing is Transfer of domain can be done only if your domain is 60 days old (period varies for each registrar you can check this with your domain registrar) If your domain is not free from the initial period in which you can make your domain transfer as per your domain registrar then we can map this domain to the WordPress site.

  2. Mapping your existing domain Here is the support document for this that will help you in mapping your domain with WordPress:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  – Firstly you need to upgrade your site to WordPress paid plans as we can’t add the Custom domain to free plan.
  To know more about the plan features and pricing please visit the link below: https://wordpress.com/pricing/

  Each paid plan comes with a free domain credit you can use to either register a new domain, or either transfer or map one you already own.

  Hope this helps.

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · May 10, 2018 at 10:35 am

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  Hi – I’m just stopping by to mention that the custom domain listed in the original post is not connected to this user account. There aren’t any upgrades here.

  In order to get started with connecting that domain you’ll need to add a plan. See here:

  https://wordpress.com/pricing/

  Right now you’re using the free site address.