WordPress.com domain to Godaddy hosting

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  carsconnected · Member · Sep 3, 2013 at 4:10 am

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  I purchased domain at wordpress.com and hosting at godaddy.
  I put correct nameservers i got from godaddy to wordpress dns manager. But website still doesnt work.

  Godaddy support says that the only thing i can do is to transfer domain to them. They say that ip host set at wordpress.com is wrong and there is no way to change it, since WordPress.com does not permit mapping by setting an A record to point to an IP address. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  I have almost 60 days before i am allowed to make this transfer anyway, so i really dont want to wait that long. Is transferring the only option?

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

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  auxclass · Member · Sep 3, 2013 at 4:26 am

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  Lets let the staff take a shot at this – I have flagged this for them to help

  For some reason Godaddy seems to have issues like this in the forum, most hosts just take name server settings, me I would find a new host

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  carsconnected · Member · Sep 3, 2013 at 6:05 am

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  Thank you

  I never experienced problems with godaddy previously, so i thought it would work. I hope they find a solution.

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  auxclass · Member · Sep 3, 2013 at 6:28 am

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  You be welcome

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 3, 2013 at 6:29 am

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  Godaddy sucks. If you’ve never had problems with them before, you’re lucky,.

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  auxclass · Member · Sep 3, 2013 at 6:30 am

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  What are the IP addresses you need added? That will help the staff

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Sep 3, 2013 at 9:36 pm

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  Just to check, did you follow the instructions listed here under “Setting Nameservers for a Domain Name Registered Elsewhere and Hosted with Us”:

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/664/setting-nameservers-for-your-domain-names

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  carsconnected · Member · Sep 4, 2013 at 7:56 am

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  I did follow the instructions.
  Actually godaddy support confirmed that the nameservers are correct. However they said that i had to transfer domain to them anyway in order to make the website work. No way im going to do that.
  I think WordPress.com should post a caution somewhere so other clients would not waste money trying to make godaddy hosting work with WP domain.
  Thank you all

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Sep 5, 2013 at 6:21 pm

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  What IP address did GoDaddy give you?

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  carsconnected · Member · Sep 10, 2013 at 6:38 am

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  146.255.46.1

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Sep 10, 2013 at 11:12 pm

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  I have now pointed http://carsconnected.co/ to that IP.