Using Domain with WordPress.Com

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  jamieholroyd · Member · Apr 7, 2012 at 5:31 pm

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  Hi everyone,

  I am new to wordpress and have recently set up a guitar blog (jamieholroyd.wordpress.com)

  Sorry if this question has always been asked but I’ve looked everywhere and can’t find the answer. I am wanting to register a domain name on GoDaddy and was wondering if instead of buying hosting I could just use a GoDaddy domain with my current blog for free?

  Thanks,
  Jamie

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Apr 7, 2012 at 5:48 pm

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  if instead of buying hosting I could just use a GoDaddy domain with my current blog for free?

  The answer is “yes” you can purchase domain mapping from WordPress.com and either register a new domain or map and existing domain from a .wordpress.com blog which is being free hosted by wordpress.com.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
  http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/
  http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/
  The decision you make regarding free or paid hosting will be based on your own needs and the differences revealed in this entry > WordPress.com vs WordPress.org http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  jamieholroyd · Member · Apr 7, 2012 at 5:53 pm

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  Thanks for the fast reply I am just confused about “Domain Mapping is a paid upgrade that costs $12.00 per domain, per blog, per year”, do you have to pay that if you have domain registered elsewhere?

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  timethief · Member · Apr 7, 2012 at 5:56 pm

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  Yes. You aren’t paying WordPress.com for the blog or for hosting; they are free of charge. But if you want WordPress.com to map from your free hosted .wordpress.com free blog to a domain then, of course, you have to pay for that service and renew it annually. http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/