Website transfer to wordpress

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    doulahomeopath · Member ·

    i bought my domain http://www.sukuunholistics.com from godaddy along with the website builder. i built my website and then realized i couldnt do much on it and so looked into registering my domain with wordpress. now after i’ve done that i still have no confirmation of my website being mapped and was guided to my dashboard only to find that i have a whole new website not the one i build on godaddy. what?! i’m completely lost. how do i start using wordpress to design my website without having to start all over? and how do i keep my website address as the one i purchased from godaddy?

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  • kathrynwp · Staff ·

    Hi there, let me try to clarify a few things. Your self-hosted GoDaddy-hosted site and the one hosted by WordPress.com are two completely different sites.

    What domain mapping does is point your domain name from one host to the other. In other words, if your domain uses GoDaddy’s name servers, sukuunholistics.com will lead visitors to your GoDaddy-hosted site. If your domain uses WordPress.com’s name servers, it will lead visitors to your WordPress.com-hosted site.

    Since your GoDaddy site was made using their site builder, it won’t be possible to import the contents into your WordPress.com site, so you will need to rebuild it on WordPress.com.

    If you’re new to WordPress.com, you might like to check out our guide for beginners:

    Homepage

    While you bought a domain mapping upgrade at WordPress.com, your domain sukuunholistics.com is still pointing to your GoDaddy hosting, using GoDaddy’s name servers.

    Once you’re ready to switch your domain over to point to your WordPress.com site, you’ll need to log into your domain registration control panel at GoDaddy and update the domain’s name servers to:

    ns1.wordpress.com
    ns2.wordpress.com
    ns3.wordpress.com

    Please be sure to first read our guide to mapping an existing domain – especially the heads-up about any email accounts you may have on the domain.

    Just let me know if you need further help.

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