Transfer to WordPress

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  chkenparm · Member · Aug 29, 2011 at 5:07 pm

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  I have a domain that is expiring soon. With my current hosting I only use WordPress so I’d like to register the site through wordpress.com when it expires. Is there a way to do this and to have my whole site transfer over or would I have to start from scratch again?

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  supportbot · Member · Aug 29, 2011 at 5:07 pm

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  You did not specify a blog address or reason for posting when you created this topic.

  This support forum is for blogs hosted at WordPress.com. If your question is about a self-hosted WordPress blog then you’ll find help at the WordPress.org forums.

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  chkenparm · Member · Aug 29, 2011 at 6:24 pm

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  My blog address is http://thenewyorkknickspodcast.com

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 29, 2011 at 6:36 pm

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  You can register a WP.com blog and then just Import that blog to it. Be sure to make an Export file of your current blog contents and check that it works.

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  auxclass · Member · Aug 29, 2011 at 7:10 pm

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  If you want to keep the domain – thenewyorkknickspodcast.com – you can point the name servers to WordPress.COM and then map the domain to your new blog here ( $ 12/ year).

  Your existing domain name will need to stay with another registrar as WordPress.COM can’t accept incoming domain name transfers.