word press

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  columbiaconnection · Member · Jul 10, 2017 at 2:38 pm

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  i have a word press that when i go to columbiaconnection.com it should automatically link them to my word press however it isnt . It brings up a site saying that i need to buy to domain. what do i do? am i typing things in wrong?

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  dollissa · Staff · Jul 10, 2017 at 6:56 pm

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  Hi columbiaconnection,

  Right now it looks like you have a site set up at columbiaconnection.wordpress.com. Did you also buy the domain name columbiaconnection.com?

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  columbiaconnection · Member · Jul 10, 2017 at 7:55 pm

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  No. Do I need to purchase the domain name?

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  timethief · Member · Jul 10, 2017 at 8:07 pm

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  You do not have to purchased a domain name but you cannot use a domain name like columbiaconnection.com unless you actually purchase it.

  How domain mapping works
  Registering an underlying .wordpress.com URL first is required for domain mapping. What domain mapping does is providing a seamless redirect to the very same content under the new domain URL when a person clicks the old URL .wordpress.com to the original content. It can take up to 72 hours for domain propagation to take place throughout the internet but it doesn’t usually take that long. https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

  Please go to https://wordpress.com/pricing/ if you wish to upgrade.