Wanting to move over to wordpress.com

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  kvirenahuja · Member · Oct 10, 2013 at 11:56 am

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  I currently have 3 blogs hosted on my own servers after downloading the software from wordpress.org. I want to move back to wordpress.com as I Am tired of managing the servers and software on my own. The reason I moved out was because of the various themes I could have deployed on my own box, but now I see that we there are various premium themes that i can use on wordpress.com.

  The questions I have are:
  – Is there a way to migrate all posts from existing blogs to wordpress.com?
  – In some cases, I want to migrate the entries to an existing blog on wordpress.com // is it possible to merge?
  – How I move my private domains to point to these blogs on wordpress.com?
  – When I purchase these themes is it a one time fee?
  – When I purchase premium themes, can i use the same theme on all blogs or are themes tied to a single blog?
  – If i have a theme purchased personally and i see a premium theme on wordpress.com, can the license be transferred aka I dont have to pay for it again?

  Thanks
  Kapil

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  amightywp · Member · Oct 10, 2013 at 3:29 pm

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  Hi there,

  We would love to have you back!

  In response to your questions, you can indeed migrate your posts back using the export/import features which are built in to both WordPress.org and WordPress.com. You can read about them right here:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/import/

  When you import these entries to WordPress.com they will automatically be merged into the timeline of your current posts, and no posts will be overwritten.
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  Your domains can be pointed at WordPress.com via nameservers. You will need to point them to our nameservers:

  NS1.WORDPRESS.COM

  NS2.WORDPRESS.COM

  NS3.WORDPRESS.COM

  You will also need to purchase domain mapping for each domain at a cost of $13 a year in order to make the domain work. You can read more about that here:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
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  If you are looking to purchase premium themes from us, then yes it is a one time fee, however to read in to your following questions, each theme is good only for a single blog. If you are looking to use the same premium theme for multiple blogs then you will need to repurchase that theme for each blog.
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  Unfortunately licenses purchased externally cannot be transferred in to WordPress.com.

  Let me know if you have any additional questions!

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  kvirenahuja · Member · Oct 10, 2013 at 3:32 pm

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  This is all good // you answered everything I needed to know. I will not be able to calculate the Cost of Ownership and decide which way to go.

  thanks again.

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  amightywp · Member · Oct 10, 2013 at 4:17 pm

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  My pleasure! Have a great rest of the week.