Why is the address of my blog: aswayopensdotcom.wordpress.com?

  • Unknown's avatar
    aswayopens · Member ·

    I am curious as to how the domain name I own aswayopens.com turned into aswayopensdotcom.wordpress.com when I started the blog. Does this mean that the domain name that I own is not being used? I understand why you would add the wordpress part of it but why the ‘dotcom’ part?
    Thank you

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    timethief · Member ·

    The dotcom part is supplied by the software when you do not register an underlying .wordpress.com URL prior to attempting to undertake domain mapping, which is a paid upgrade.

    re: mapping an existing domain
    WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers but mapping an existing domain is possible.

    Domain mapping of an existing domain URL that you already own and purchased elsewhere is not done free of charge. You will have to renew the domain name purchase where you made, it and the domain mapping purchase here, each and every year.

    Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually and a domain name purchase and domain mapping are included in the Premium upgrade bundle.

    In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com sub-domain blog to map from and it does not matter what that underlying .wordpress.com URL is. It does not have to match the domain URL.

    If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the WordPress.COM blog, and as you own a domain URL already, you can see here for mapping an existing domain. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

    It can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.

    P.S. You failed to provide the domain URL.

  • Unknown's avatar
    timethief · Member ·

    Does this mean that the domain name that I own is not being used?

    I see the URL buried up there now and I can report all is well with your domain mapping.

    Nameservers Validated!
    Congratulations! The nameservers appear to be set up correctly for aswayopens.com.

    Primary Blog is Set
    aswayopens.com is set as the primary domain for aswayopensdotcom.wordpress.com and will appear in the address bar when you visit the site.

  • Unknown's avatar
    auxclass · Member ·

    Punctuation ( dashes, periods etc.) is not allowed in a WordPress.COM URL – when you put in the period (dot) the blog registration software expanded the period to spell “dot”

    It’s a “feature” – you can register a new base blog aswayopens.wordpress.com if you want and transfer the domain mapping to it if you want to have a cleaner base blog name

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