Upgrading

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  thisisthecreator · Member · Nov 6, 2011 at 6:01 pm

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  If i upgrade my blog, will WordPress take my personal address at all? And secondly if they do, will they send me any post or letters or anything like that?

  Thanks.

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  auxclass · Member · Nov 6, 2011 at 6:33 pm

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  Are you asking about the Domain Mapping and Domain registration upgrade?

  If so http://thisisthecreator.wordpress.com/ will remain and depending on what you register and map your visitors would also be able to visit your blog by entering http://thisisthecreator.com/ – you original blog will remain – the new name would be a second way that people can visit your site. If the upgrade expires then your old blog will still be there and people can still visit your old http://thisisthecreator.wordpress.com/ site

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  thisisthecreator · Member · Nov 6, 2011 at 7:07 pm

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  Thanks for the info, but I what I meant was that when I went to pay for the upgrade it asked for my home address. I just wanted to make sure they weren’t going to send any letters or anything like that through the post to me before I register.

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  auxclass · Member · Nov 6, 2011 at 7:22 pm

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  An address is needed – it is an internet regulation – WordPress.COM will not send you anything – it is like any public information someone can access it – I got a couple of scam letters about domain renewal from scam artists – you can pay an extra $ 8– / year to have the privacy option to hide your personal information – then you will hide behind a third party that displays their contact information and a code for your domain name.

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  thisisthecreator · Member · Nov 6, 2011 at 7:38 pm

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  So if I go for the privacy option then does that garuntee that I will receive no letters from WordPress or anyone else involved, what so ever?

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  auxclass · Member · Nov 6, 2011 at 7:47 pm

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  You will only receive a few emails from WordPress.COM (what ever you have recieved so far ) – relating to renewal of you upgrades etc unless you opt-in for their news letter – I have yet to receive a real letter from WordPress.COM. The only reason I can think of a real letter being sent would be some sort of legal something –

  Nobody will be able to see your address information when they do a whois look-up so I don’t know how they would address a letter. There will be an encrypted email contact if someone does a whois – the email contact however goes to your privacy company –

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  thisisthecreator · Member · Nov 6, 2011 at 7:49 pm

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  Okay, thank-you for your help.

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  auxclass · Member · Nov 6, 2011 at 7:52 pm

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  You be welcome & good luck