Transferring website from Weebly to WordPress
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I have a website for my business on Weebly, however, I want to switch over to WordPress. I registered my domain with Weebly and they also host my site. I have no clue where to get started. I want to build my site out on WordPress while still having it active on Weebly so clients can still access the site. How do I go about this process? Thank you!
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WordPress.com provides free blogs and free hosting for them. WordPress.com does not accept domain name transfers but mapping to an existing domain can be done.
Domain mapping of an existing domain URL that you already own and purchased elsewhere is not done free of charge. You will have to renew the domain name purchase where you made it and the domain mapping purchase here every year.
Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading
Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually. In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from. If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog and purchase a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog.
See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades is where you do the primary blog set up knowing it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.
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Thank you for the quick reply and the info. I’d like to be sure I understand correctly. All I do is create a .wordpress.com blog, map my current domain to that (wait the up to 72 hours), do the appropriate DNS changes and viola? Once it is mapped, will people be directed to my wordpress site automatically, even if I am not done building it out? Will my old Weebly site remain active during this time?
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nce it is mapped, will people be directed to my wordpress site automatically, even if I am not done building it out?
Yes
Will my old Weebly site remain active during this time?
I assume the blog on underlying Weebly sub-domain will still be there unless you delete it. To confirm that you can contact Weebly support.
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One more thing. I watched a tutorial and the guy said that we had to buy hosting elsewhere, but apparently that is not the case?
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If you would like WordPress.COM Staff to follow up on the domain mapping when you are ready you can type modlook into the tags in sidebar of this thread.
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