Transfer blog to self hosted site

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  madalynbeck · Member · Mar 25, 2014 at 2:23 pm

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  Can I change my blog to a self hosted site while maintaining the domain name that I paid for on wordpress.com?

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  thatrobyn · Member · Mar 27, 2014 at 1:40 am

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  You sure can! However, when you choose a server to host your site, we recommend you transfer your domain registration there are well. It’s easiest to have everything housed under one host’s roof :)

  Here’s information about transferring your custom domain:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/transfer-domain-registration/

  Additionally, this guide will step you through the process of moving your site to a WordPress.org instance:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  As we only support sites hosted here at WordPress.com, all issues with the new site – including the importing of the file – must be taken to the WordPress.org support community:

  http://wordpress.org/support/

  If you’d like assistance moving your WordPress.com site to WordPress.org, we have a service called Guided Transfer that does all the work for you. Check it out to see if it’s right for you:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

  Please let me know if you need further assistance! Best of luck.