What is the norm with Domain Mapping?

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  kennyu4 · Member · Jan 2, 2015 at 2:25 am

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  So I just purchased the premium package and have mapped my domain to a new site that does not have “.wordpress” in its title, but now my site is down. I am told I am supposed to wait “several hours” for it to come back up, but that seems vague to me. It has been over 10 hours since I’ve done this and I am still waiting, is this normal? Is there something else I should be doing in the mean time, like another step I’m missing?

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  auxclass · Member · Jan 2, 2015 at 2:31 am

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  Your name servers do not appear to be set correctly

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  Hold Your Horses!

  It can take as long as 72 hours for DNS changes to become widely available. If you’re still not seeing your site loading at kenpire.com, please wait a few more hours, clear your browser cache, and try again.
  Non-WordPress.com Nameservers

  Although kenpire.com has been registered, it is not using WordPress.com nameservers. If your domain is mapped to a self-hosted site, then your configuration may be fine as currently set up. If you wish to host your site at WordPress.com, you will need to update your nameservers as outlined below.

  To learn about how to correctly map an existing domain, please see our documentation. If you’re not sure whether you own this domain or not, the WHOIS database record may help you out.

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  kennyu4 · Member · Jan 2, 2015 at 2:37 am

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  So I need to do step 3 then?

  “Update the name servers at your registrar. Enter these three separate entries:
  NS1.WORDPRESS.COM
  NS2.WORDPRESS.COM
  NS3.WORDPRESS.COM”

  But how does one do that exactly? I’m told to input something that “points to” something, but where and how do I apply these numbers?

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  kennyu4 · Member · Jan 2, 2015 at 2:55 am

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  My computer: http://i.imgur.com/dk4NHmy.png

  WordPress example: http://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/mydomainschangens.png?w=688&h=564

  Why is it, that the option to change nameservers doesn’t show up for me? Is there a reason for this?

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  auxclass · Member · Jan 2, 2015 at 4:40 am

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  Your domain name does not seem to be registered with WordPress.COM, name servers need to be changed at the registrar

  http://www.whois.com/whois/kenpire.com

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  kennyu4 · Member · Jan 2, 2015 at 5:19 pm

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  The registrar? Where would that be? How do I access and change it?