Transferring a domain from GoDaddy

  • Unknown's avatar
    doccho · Member ·

    Hi,

    My domain, doccho.net is expiring in a couple of weeks. I just looked into your options for making custom domains, but you don’t have any option for transfer. How can I renew my domain as well as connecting it to my wordpress blog same as if I am buying a domain from wordpress in your option?

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    timethief · Member ·

    You renew the domain URL where you bought it, and then purchase an annual upgrade here to map to an existing domain.

    re: mapping an existing domain
    WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers but mapping an existing domain is possible.

    If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the WordPress.COM blog, and as you own a domain URL already, you can see here for mapping an existing domain. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

    Domain mapping of an existing domain URL that you already own and purchased elsewhere is not done free of charge. You will have to renew the domain name purchase where you made, it and the domain mapping purchase here, each and every year.

    Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually and a domain name purchase and domain mapping are included in the Premium upgrade bundle.

    In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com sub-domain blog to map from and it does not matter what that underlying .wordpress.com URL is. It does not have to match the domain URL.

    See https://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/

    Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/billing-history/

    Your only options for payment are found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/

    It can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.

  • Unknown's avatar
    doccho · Member ·

    Thank you for kind help.

    However, I am still wondering if I could get my domain registered in wordpress same as if I had purchased and registered a new domain with wordpress’s annual $18 option. $18 is all that I have to do if it’s a new domain, but it’s $13+extra registration(godaddy) annually if I renew outside wordpress and keep my domain mapped to wordpress.

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