wp gave me the address 'notwhatyourmothermade' which I never chose and do not want–how do

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  notlikemothermade · Member · Aug 9, 2015 at 8:11 pm

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  I can’t get past what wp added to my content. I simply want to get started, add a domain I already have [spiritualpsychotherapist.com], a vimeo interview I posted on Facebook, and build from there. Why did you give me an address I’d never use, never thought of and don’t want: ‘notwhatyourmothermade’ ?

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  timethief · Member · Aug 9, 2015 at 8:16 pm

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  You require an underlying .wordpress.com sub-domain to map from to your domain URL and it does not matter what it is, so be clear on that please.

  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.

  If required, to move content see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-from-self-hosted-wordpress-to-wordpress-com/

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  notlikemothermade · Member · Aug 9, 2015 at 9:16 pm

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  Thank you so much for your time, patience, and expertise. I’ll explore it and hopefully progress…at last.

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  timethief · Member · Aug 9, 2015 at 10:11 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes.