transferring to self hosted site

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  jenessasheffield · Member · Jan 28, 2015 at 4:10 pm

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  So I want to transfer to a self hosted site, I am going to cancel my premium upgrade I was also wondering if I need to cancel the domain I am paying for as well (13$ a month for the .com) Or do I need that for my self hosted sight

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  thatrobyn · Member · Jan 28, 2015 at 9:12 pm

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  Hello there!

  If you’d like to use jenessasheffield.com on your self-hosted site, you should not cancel it.

  Canceling can cause many problems, such as the inability to ever gain ownership of your domain again.

  I recommend either leaving it here, and mapping it to your self-hosted site, or transferring the domain to your new host.

  Here is information about both these options:

  Mapping
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/change-name-servers/

  Transferring:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/transfer-domain-registration/

  This guide will step you through the process of moving your site to a WordPress.org instance:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  As we only support sites hosted here at WordPress.com, all issues with the new site – including the importing of the file – must be taken to the WordPress.org support community:

  http://wordpress.org/support/

  If you’d like assistance moving your WordPress.com site to WordPress.org, we have a service called Guided Transfer that does all the work for you. Check it out to see if it’s right for you:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

  I hope this helps! If you have any other concerns, drop me a note. Thanks much!