Upgrading Site, Will my current URL/Site be affected?

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  sunshinecitykidsstpete · Member · Apr 18, 2019 at 4:23 pm

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  I am about to upgrade our plan and when they ask if we have a URL i worry that if I put in my live URL, my live site (which I am replacing with WordPress) will stop working. Will this happen?

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Apr 18, 2019 at 5:22 pm

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  You can skip that part and connect the domain later on.

  What I suggest is that you skip it and leave your current site alone, leave the domain there, and don’t accrue any unnecessary down time.

  Get started on WordPress.com with your free site address. Upgrade your plan on the account for that free site. Build the site. If you want to hide it and keep it a secret you can do that too with a basic privacy setting.

  Once your new site on WordPress.com is completely ready to go, connect the domain. There’s 2 options.

  1. map it: https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
  2. transfer it: https://en.support.wordpress.com/incoming-domain-transfer/

  There’s not a wrong option, and neither is permanent. Read over that material and write back if you have any other questions.