WordPress.com blog transfer to wordPress self-hosted

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  marcolamas · Member · Aug 16, 2012 at 10:29 pm

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  I have a wordPress.com blog but I am getting a self-hosted one (because the wordpress.com has some limitations).
  Is it possible to keep my blog´s name and to import the old one?
  Blog url: http://marcolamas.wordpress.com/

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

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  timethief · Member · Aug 16, 2012 at 10:33 pm

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  No you cannot keep the .wordpress.com URL. You hire a web host, purchase a domain, set up a wordpress.org install, install a wordpress.org theme and plugins. Then you can export the content out of the wordpress.com blog and import it into a wordpress.org install.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/

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  marcolamas · Member · Aug 16, 2012 at 10:55 pm

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  Timethief, thank you so much!!

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  lexiornelas · Member · Aug 17, 2012 at 1:31 am

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  Also to transfer your blog to a self hosted, you could also use Guided Transfer.
  http://store.wordpress.com/premium-upgrades/guided-transfer/
  This is where they will do it all for you.