Transferring domain from Wordress.com to WordPress.org

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  chaosccblog · Member · Aug 11, 2013 at 2:06 am

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  I’m paying $26 a year for a domain with WordPress.com. I’ll be billed next week for the renewal of the domain. I’m looking to transfer to a WordPress.org blog instead of .com. I’ve seen the steps for transferring and am confident in performing the transfer but I am unclear on one thing. When setting up hosting with bluehost, should I choose that I need a domain name, or that I already have one?

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 11, 2013 at 2:33 am

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  That you already have one. Note that you can change where the domain POINTS and still keep management here at WordPress.com. I find it handy, but some people don’t, and if you want to move the management and administration of the domain as well, you’ll need to contact Bluehost about that.

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  chaosccblog · Member · Aug 11, 2013 at 3:45 pm

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  If I change the registration and move the hosting over as per this instruction here:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/transfer-domain-registration/
  Do I continue paying to WordPress? Or would I only pay to Bluehost after this?

  Thank you so much for your help, much appreciated.