url name of paid wordpress name

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  chantalharvey · Member · Jan 6, 2015 at 1:01 pm

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  I paid for http://chantalharvey.wordpress.com/, and would like it to show up as http://chantalharvey.nl.
  Is there a way to remove the wordpress.com behind my name, I have been trying for quite a while and cannot find how to do it.
  Can you advice /help me?

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Jan 6, 2015 at 9:53 pm

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  HI!

  You’ll want to change the primary domain on your account here:

  https://chantalharvey.wordpress.com/wp-admin/paid-upgrades.php?page=domains

  Once you do that, readers will only see chantalharvey.nl. You will only see chantalharvey.wordpress.com when you’re editing a page or doing another admin task. It only applies to admin screens, not reader-facing ones. Does that make sense?

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  chantalharvey · Member · Jan 6, 2015 at 11:13 pm

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  Thank you for offering help. I tried that one, but end up with this message: This webpage has a redirect loop
  The webpage at http://chantalharvey.nl/ has resulted in too many redirects. Clearing your cookies for this site or allowing third-party cookies may fix the problem. If not, it is possibly a server configuration issue and not a problem with your computer.

  I cleared cache and cookies, went to a different browser too.

  The original domain-name is registered at godaddy, and all i managed to do so far is forward the emailaddress, so at least i can receive email from chantalharvey.nl – I ended up forwarding it to a free outlook address, I tried support from wordpress but all that did was confuse me.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Jan 6, 2015 at 11:54 pm

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  Thanks for clarifying! It looks like your name servers aren’t quite pointed to WordPress.com. Can you try to change them to point to WordPress.com as described here?

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/#how-to-change-your-name-servers

  Then, you should be all set to change the primary domain on your account!

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  chantalharvey · Member · Jan 7, 2015 at 1:17 am

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  Should i change NS17.DOMAINCONTROL.COM to NS17.https://chantalharvey.wordpress.com/ ? I dont see a pointing option, but a forwarding option (which i set on ‘forward only’ a while ago).

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Jan 7, 2015 at 2:49 pm

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  You would want to set the name servers to the following:

  NS1.WORDPRESS.COM
  NS2.WORDPRESS.COM
  NS3.WORDPRESS.COM

  As laid out here:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/#how-to-change-your-name-servers

  You don’t want to forward the domain. You’ll just want to change the name servers. GoDaddy-specific instructions can be found here:

  https://support.godaddy.com/help/article/664/setting-nameservers-for-your-domain-names

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  chantalharvey · Member · Jan 8, 2015 at 4:15 am

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  PHEW! I did it, thank you for your help! I changed the name servers as you told me, and stopped forwarding, and it took an hour or so – and suddenly it worked.
  I am so-not a nerd, but I am learning. Again, thanks for your patience and support.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Jan 8, 2015 at 6:05 pm

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  No problem at all! If you need anything else, please let us know.