What is the problem?

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  sondriawrites · Member · Aug 29, 2012 at 5:00 pm

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  I already own my domain through GoDaddy.com and I have purchased the Bundle package from WordPress, but when I choose sondriawrites.com as my primary domain, it’s not directed to my wordpress. What is the problem?
  Blog url: http://sondriawrites.wordpress.com/

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  bryanvillarin · Staff · Aug 29, 2012 at 7:27 pm

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  Hi,

  It may take some time for DNS to propagate the name server change you made.

  I just checked and your domain now points to your WordPress.com blog, and I’ve updated the primary domain in Store -> Domains.

  If you’re still not seeing it, please note that it may take between 24–72 hours, but you can try clearing your browser cache and flush your DNS cache.

  Let me know if you have any other questions.

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  sondriawrites · Member · Aug 29, 2012 at 9:34 pm

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  Thanks, but when you mark my domain as my primary blog, my redirect problem still occurs, and doesn’t send you anywhere. You’ll notice if you try to get to my blog using my domain now, there is a problem. I have wordpress set up as my primary because at least then if you type: “sondriawrites.com” it goes to the right place, even if it still shows up as “sondriawrites.wordpress.com”. My issue is that I want it to say “www.sondriawrites.com”. I paid GoDaddy for the Domain, I paid WordPress for the mapping, am I missing something?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Aug 29, 2012 at 9:58 pm

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  http://sondriawrites.com/ is definitely working as desired. As mentioned above, it may take some time for the change to work for you.

  When a domain is registered or altered, there is a process called propagation, where information about the domain name is passed to internet service providers all over the world. This process can take up to 72 hours (though usually much less). During that time, you may also receive a warning message in your browser about “redirect errors”. Unfortunately, we have no control over this as it all depends on how often your internet service provider updates their records. Please rest assured that everything is proceeding normally with your domain.