Transferring Domains

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  jessiewhitmill · Member · Mar 21, 2013 at 9:05 pm

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  I want to cancel my wordpress.com blog to transfer to wordpress.org, but use the same domain. I do not need a guided transfer because I want to start fresh with the content. Do I need to buy hosting through someone else like bluehost first in order to transfer? How do I do this?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 21, 2013 at 10:17 pm

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  Yes, you’ll need to install WordPress from http://wordpress.org/ on a hosting provider. We have some recommendations at http://get.wp.com/hosting/

  Then, you can direct your domain to your new hosting provider by changing your name servers: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/change-name-servers/

  Once that’s done, you can move your content following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two different entities.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  WordPress.org has complete support and documentation sites for self-hosted/installed versions of WordPress at:
  http://wordpress.org/support/
  http://codex.wordpress.org/

  We do offer yearly and one-time premium support packages for self-hosted WordPress sites through our VIP program, available at http://vip.wordpress.com