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why is it giving me a bill when I should have it as trial first?
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Hello @staffingwizards,
Were you asked to buy a domain or transfer your current domain in the Step 2 of 3 in creating a site here on WordPress.com? It could be because you were persistent on going ahead with creating a site using a custom domain option. For example if you were keen on creating a test site with an example such as example.com and not example.wordpress.com; it is not possible to create a site with a custom domain option with a free plan.
Custom domains are a feature of paid plans and the domain credit included would cover the cost of one of these options : Domain Mapping or Transfer.
WordPress.com provides a free WordPress.com subdomain(example.wordpress.com/example.blog.com etc…) for you when you create your site with them. You can use that to build your site by choosing a theme, adding content etc.. and basically leave registering a domain name with WordPress.com or bringing in your existing domain over to WordPress.com until you feel ready to do so.
When you feel ready you can register a domain or upgrade plan with WordPress.com or switch your existing domain over to your WordPress.com. Your domain can either be mapped or transferred. This way your current site (if any) remains online while you are working on your draft site on WordPress.com.
I hope this was of help. All the best.
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