Transfer Blog to a Different Account

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  ashvinamarie · Member · Apr 5, 2013 at 5:57 am

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  I use this account (glowdown) for my blog. I have updated to Premium for this account.

  I want to transfer my fortlog.com (run by WP) to this account.
  In this dashboard, I can’t Dashboard>Manage Blogs via fortlog.com/wp-login.

  What’s my first step, please?

  Thanks.

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  ashvinamarie · Member · Apr 5, 2013 at 6:01 am

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  Also, please note that I have already tried to read several “merge” and “transfer” posts but they are either unfathomable (to me) or I can’t find what the posts refer to in my dashboard.

  I have also added this account (Account A) to Account B (fortlog.com/wp-admin) account as administrator, but Account B is not listed under My Blogs in Account A.

  I want to be able to not sign into Account B again as suggested by some merge posters.

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  raincoaster · Member · Apr 5, 2013 at 6:29 am

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  Accounts will not be listed under your blogs, because they are not blogs but accounts.

  We cannot help you without the URLs of each blog and the name of each account AND the info about which blogs each account has access to.

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  ashvinamarie · Member · Apr 5, 2013 at 6:36 am

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  URL : fortlog.com
  username : ashvina

  needs to be put under
  username : ashvinamarie
  primary blog : glowdown.wordpress.com

  Thanks, raincoaster

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  thesacredpath · Member · Apr 5, 2013 at 6:40 am

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  This will get you there: http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#transferring-your-blog-to-another-user-or-account .

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  ashvinamarie · Member · Apr 5, 2013 at 6:48 am

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  Thank you, @thesacredpath.
  May the Force be with you always.

  Will update here if I stumble into anything.

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  ashvinamarie · Member · Apr 5, 2013 at 7:16 am

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  See this

  I think I’m trying to move something that’s hosted by WordPress.Org to wp.com.

  That’s impossible?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Apr 5, 2013 at 7:18 am

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  Ah, no that is not impossible, but the procedure would be different. See this support document instead: http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-from-WordPress.org .

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  ashvinamarie · Member · Apr 5, 2013 at 7:33 am

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  Ah, thank you – It’s becoming clearer now.

  (1) I have a .com. I do not want to change its URL.

  (2) Hosted privately, my .com is built using WordPress.org.
  I want to switch to run it from my WP.com Dashboard.

  The procedure you showed me assumes that a new URL is part of the process.

  Option : I can redirect.

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Apr 5, 2013 at 4:39 pm

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  Hi there!

  You would need to export and import your content from your self-hosted site to your new WordPress.com site.

  Then, you can use the domain mapping upgrade to use your custom URL with your new WordPress.com site. Here’s more information on this upgrade and how to set it up:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  Let me know if you have any questions.