Transferring my newly upgraded blog to wordpress.org

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  onlyjustadmin · Member · Oct 25, 2012 at 6:22 pm

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  I need to add a ‘buy now’ button or two to the site and have just found out that .com don’t do that but .org do, is there some way i can transfer the site to wordpress.org without losing the domain i’ve just purchased or having to pay even more cash?
  Blog url: http://onlyjustmusic.wordpress.com/

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 25, 2012 at 8:04 pm

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  If you’re interested, we do offer an upgrade called Guided Transfer (available in the Store section of your blog’s Dashboard) where we take care of everything for you: http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

  Otherwise, 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, 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

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  onlyjustadmin · Member · Oct 25, 2012 at 10:19 pm

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  thanks for that, would you happen to know if i were to refund my purchase, would the domain be instantly available for wordpress.org or would that take time too?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 25, 2012 at 10:54 pm

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  Your bundle included a domain registration.

  If you’d like, I can cancel and refund the rest of the bundle for $73.

  As for the domain, if we cancel the domain, it can take up to several weeks, and we can’t guarantee that your domain will be available to you again once canceled.

  If you want to keep using your domain but you don’t want to use WordPress.com anymore, you don’t have to cancel it.

  Instead, you can move the domain to another site, using the Domain Administration tool under Store > Domains, at the bottom of the page.

  Of course, I can cancel and refund the domain with the bundle for $99 if you don’t mind the chance of losing onlyjusthq.com.

  Please let me know how you’d like to proceed!