Transferring an existing active website

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    artwithjada · Member ·

    Good morning,

    Is there a way to build a new website first before transferring the domain? I can not have my website down and it would take me about a week to set up a new one. I have just opened my business back up and the majority of my customers are driven through my site.

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    helper-heroponriki · Member ·

    Hi there!

    Here are visual instructions on how to create a free .wordpress.com site:

    Step 1: Select email, username, and password.
    Step 2: select Blog for a .home.blog free site or Business for a .wordpress.com site.
    Step 3: Select the Topic of your site.
    Step 4: Type in the Title of site (optional).
    Step 5: Type in the full, exact site address you want including the .wordpress.com or .home.blog subdomain (ex: freeexamplesite.wordpress.com, freeexampleblog.home.blog). The first option should be the free site that you manually typed in. Click select next to that option.
    Step 6: At the very top, click the link that says: start with a free site.

    Then, your free site should be created! You can work on it for as long as you need to in order to get things up and running. Once you’re ready to move the domain over to this new site, you’ll need to upgrade to one of our paid plans to map that domain. You can see the different plan options here:

    https://wordpress.com/pricing/

    Let us know if you have any questions or if you have any trouble. Thanks!

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