Starting my blog with .wordpress.com but later buying a domain.
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I’m currently considering starting a blog. But I haven’t really decided if I want to get a domain or just stick with ‘myblog’.wordpress.com. For now, I decided to just use a blog with the .wordpress.com domain. If I were to purchase / register a domain in the future, will I be able to transfer my postings easily, or will I have to rewrite everything I written on my old blog to the new one?
And if it is possible, are there any additional fee? or as long as I buy a domain name and have a domain I’ll be able to transfer stuff to the new blog for free of charge?
Thank you in advance!
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You don’t have to change a thing. When you purchase domain mapping the content stays exactly where it is and nothing except the URLs changes.
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.
See here if you do not own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
After you do the primary blog set up 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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