upgrading to .com on wordpress
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I don’t want to do this if it means losing posts, photos, followers, etc. Can I change imadeit362436.wordpress.com to nicedressthanksimadeit.com? Can it be done smoothly? What kind of upgrade is it? Is it even worthwhile to do a name change at the same time as an upgrade? BTW I have a blog I use on imadeit362436.wordpress.com and I have one I don’t use at nicedressthanksimadeit.wordpress.com. So I have reserved both names, just not sure if I should switch up to imadeit36 … com or nicedress … com?
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I don’t want to do this if it means losing posts, photos, followers, etc. Can I change imadeit362436.wordpress.com to nicedressthanksimadeit.com? Can it be done smoothly? What kind of upgrade is it? Is it even worthwhile to do a name change at the same time as an upgrade? BTW I have a blog I use on imadeit362436.wordpress.com and I have one I don’t use at nicedressthanksimadeit.wordpress.com. So I have reserved both names, just not sure if I should switch up to imadeit36 … com or nicedress … com?
The blog I need help with is imadeit362436.wordpress.com.
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All that changes when you are domain mapping is the URL and nothing else. 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.
Please read Domains: Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
In order to map to a domain 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.
See here if you do not own a domain
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
if you already have a website you don’t want to affect, and you want to add a blog to it under a subdomain (for example, blog.yourgroovydomain.com) see here http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-subdomain/
Your payment methods are here https://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/
Your upgrade history will be here Dashboard > Store> My Upgrades
https://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
https://en.support.wordpress.com/billing-history/After you do the primary blog set up 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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Go to Dashboard > Store and click the Add a Domain link
Note that each upgrade applies to a single blog only and is for a single year only when it is due to be renewed. Also note that upgrades must be paid in full at the time of purchase. There are no discounts offered based on age, non-profit status, personal circumstances, or any other discriminatory factors.
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
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