Website hosting and building

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  trestevenson488500183 · Member · Jun 14, 2018 at 3:56 pm

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  I purchased a domain with Gsuite when setting up my business email account. Now that I own the domain is there any way to use WordPress as a hosting/website building without having to transfer the domain to WordPress from google?

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  elizazh · Member · Jun 14, 2018 at 4:04 pm

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  Hi trestevenson488500183,

  In case you do not wish to transfer your domain, you can map it, but you will need to contact your domain provider to update your DNS settings. You can find more information here:

  Use a Domain You Already Own (Domain Mapping)

  Hope that helps.

  Have a nice day!

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  justjennifer · Member · Jun 14, 2018 at 4:17 pm

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  Hi there WordPress comes in two flavors, the standalone software that you install on 3rd party hosting and the fully hosted version here on WordPress.com. You didn’t mention which version you wish to use but you may want to check out this support guide on the differences

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

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  justjennifer · Member · Jun 14, 2018 at 4:21 pm

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  @elizazh welcome to volunteering in the WordPress.com community forums.

  If you haven’t seen it yet you may wish to read our support guide to volunteering which has lots of good tips and tricks to help you https://en.support.wordpress.com/wordpress-com-volunteers/ Cheers