Transfer site from hosted WP to wordpress.com with custom url (?)

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  larchmontloopcom · Member · Jan 6, 2012 at 9:22 pm

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  Hi there-
  Is it possible to transfer this site http://www.investigateny.com, a custom wordpress installation over to wordpress.com with a premium account?
  would it look the same?
  I am trying to save the $100/month on rackspace.
  Please advise.
  THANK YOU
  Polly
  Blog url: http://pollykreisman.wordpress.com/

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jan 6, 2012 at 11:43 pm

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  Sure, you can move your blog here following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-from-wordpress-org

  Then, map your domain name following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

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  larchmontloopcom · Member · Jan 7, 2012 at 1:48 pm

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  thank you so much.

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  larchmontloopcom · Member · Jan 7, 2012 at 1:52 pm

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  whoops, hit send too fast. I have a custom WP installation and do not want to lose the template.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jan 7, 2012 at 8:45 pm

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  Yes, themes can’t be uploaded to WordPress.com. That’s a feature of self-hosted blogs through WordPress.org.

  If you’re still interested, ou may use any of the available themes we have under Appearance > Themes in your dashboard, and you may want to look into purchasing the Custom Design Upgrade to customize one of the themes we offer:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/