Wrong blog site name

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  atiabkhan · Member · Nov 16, 2014 at 5:35 pm

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  I have the wrong blog site name! How do i fix it? My blog URL is supposed to be
  frommetomom.com or frommetomom.wordpress.com

  Not what it is!!! I have purchased the domain name already. How do I fix this problem? W
  WHy is it so hard to set up a simple blog site…wishing this was a a simple step by step process…

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

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  timethief · Member · Nov 16, 2014 at 5:38 pm

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  When purchasing a domain and domain mapping the content stays exactly where it is. All that changes is the URL and nothing else.

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

  In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from, and the domain name you desire must be available for purchase, or you must already own the domain URL.

  You must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard at > Store > My Upgrades to purchase upgrades for the blog.

  See here if you do not own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

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

  After you do the primary blog set up 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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  timethief · Member · Nov 16, 2014 at 5:44 pm

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  re: http://frommetomom.wordpress.com/ is already registered.

  Re: http://frommetomom.com/
  frommetomom.com is hosted by Weebly
  whois
  Name Servers:
  ns54.domaincontrol.com
  ns53.domaincontrol.com

  If you own it then you need to map from http://frommetomomdotcom.wordpress.com/ to it ie. an existing domain.

  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 every year.

  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 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 blog and purchase a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog.

  If you own that domain then 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.