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  oakwoodservices · Member · Apr 6, 2016 at 5:02 pm

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  Hi
  If I start with the basic package can I later upgrade and still keep the website I’ve created?
  Thanks
  Louise

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  timethief · Member · Apr 6, 2016 at 5:20 pm

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  Yes. All that will change is the URL on the site. The content will stay exactly where it is now.

  All wordpress.com hosted blogs are on wordpress.com subdomains like this: *http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com

  If you wish to you can purchase your own custom domain and map to it for $18 per year, or map to an existing domain URL that you already own for $13 per year from the underlying .wordpress.com subdomain URL.

  Read: Domains: Important Notes Before Upgrading
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading
  In order to map to a domain URL one must have an underlying .wordpress.com sub-domain blog to map from, and the domain name you desire must be available for purchase, or you must already own the domain URL.

  All that changes when you are domain mapping is the URL and nothing else. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/ The content stays exactly where it is. What domain mapping does its create a seamless transfer between the underlying .wordpress.com blog URLs to the new domain URLs no matter where they are on the internet. Visitors who click the underlying .wordpress.com blog URLs will be seamlessly redirected to the exact same content under the new domain URLs.

  See here if you do not own a domain
  http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/

  See here for mapping an existing domain URL that you already own.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  We all pay in full for every upgrade at the time of purchase. Make sure you read the comparison very closely do you know exactly what the restrictions and limitations on WordPress.COM blogging are: http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  You must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard and purchase upgrades at > Dashboard> Store > My Upgrades
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/

  Your only options for payment are found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/

  Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History

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