Why would WP limit blogs to certain TLD's

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    elskeg · Member ·

    Greetings to you from South Africa

    I tried to add cgagency.co.za as a domain on my WordPress.com account, but I got the following error:
    “Sorry but cgagency.co.za does not end with a valid domain extension”

    Please can you advise why WP would limit blogs to certain TLD’s. I would really appreciate your soonest response.

    Kind regards

    Gerald

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

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    timethief · Member ·

    See here please http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#available-domains. However also note if the domain extension you want to use is not available for registration on WordPress.com, you can register elsewhere and add it to your WordPress.com blog using Domain Mapping.

    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 every year.

    Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading

    Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually. In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from. If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog and purchase a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog.

    See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

    Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades is where you do the primary blog set up knowing 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.

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    elianacline · Member ·

    I’m trying to map an existing “.co.za” domain that I have registered elsewhere, but I’m still getting the error:
    “Sorry but yourdomain.co.za does not end with a valid domain extension”

    How do I map my existing “.co.za” domain?

    Thanks

  • Unknown's avatar
    elianacline · Member ·

    Hi I still have no received a reply to the above question

    I’m trying to map an existing “.co.za” domain that I have registered elsewhere, but I’m still getting the error:
    “Sorry but yourdomain.co.za does not end with a valid domain extension”

    How do I map my existing “.co.za” domain?

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