why can't I use the word press template I bought from Templatic?

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  robtab · Member · Jan 24, 2012 at 5:50 pm

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  I want to use a template I bought, but find no options for using it
  Blog url: http://destinationnorthport.wordpress.com/

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  evarlese · Member · Jan 24, 2012 at 6:42 pm

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  I’m sorry, it’s not possible to upload a custom theme to WordPress.com. That’s a feature of self-hosted blogs using an installed version of WordPress:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

  You can use any of the themes available in our Appearance -> Themes page. All of these are customizable with the Custom Design upgrade:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/

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  robtab · Member · Jan 24, 2012 at 9:36 pm

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  is there a way to cancel what I’ve done here, then, so I can do it correctly? I guess I need to use wordpress.org, is that right?

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  chrisrudzki · Member · Jan 25, 2012 at 9:10 pm

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  Howdy,

  You’d need to move to a self-hosted WordPress.org installation if you want to use your custom theme.

  We can’t offer support for self-hosted blogs, but we have a list of recommended hosts here:
  http://get.wp.com/hosting/

  Once you choose a host, you can update your name servers at WordPress.com so that your domain points to your new hosting provider:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/domain-management/#update-nameservers