Switching to a Paid WordPress.com Site: Domain Name

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  tranquilityyqueen · Member · Jul 11, 2017 at 8:01 pm

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  Hi,

  I’m hoping to clear something up. I’d like to start on a paid person account on wordpress.com (I believe it’s the $3.99 a month one), and I have a question about domain names. With this package, would I end up with a domain name that has wordpress.com in it, or would it be just the name I choose and .com after it? For example..

  mydomainname.wordpress.com

  or

  mydomainname.com

  My main reason for switching over would be to end up with the second example, so I’d like to know before I try it.

  Thanks,
  Cat

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  timethief · Member · Jul 11, 2017 at 8:58 pm

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  The latter is the answer but read on so you understand how this works.

  How domain mapping works
  Registering an underlying .wordpress.com URL first is required for 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/

  Please go to https://wordpress.com/pricing/ if you wish to upgrade.

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  tranquilityyqueen · Member · Jul 11, 2017 at 10:49 pm

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  Awesome, thanks for your help!

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  timethief · Member · Jul 11, 2017 at 10:50 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes with your site.