Wrong domain name

• 

  boltonlandscapes · Member · Oct 30, 2014 at 7:49 pm

  • Copy link
  • Add topic to favorites

  I wanted to create a blog called boltonlandscaping.wordpress.com and buy the domain name boltonlandscaping.com to map to the blog. I was pretty sure that’s what I did, but something went wrong and what came up is boltonlandscapingdotcom.wordpress.com. Help!

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

• 

  timethief · Member · Oct 30, 2014 at 7:52 pm

  • Copy link

  You cannot register a URL that’s already been registered by another username account so the software provided the http://boltonlandscapingdotcom.wordpress.com/ for you.

  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.

• 

  timethief · Member · Oct 30, 2014 at 7:53 pm

  • Copy link

  I’ll also tag this thread for a Staff follow-up to make sure you accomplish your goal.

• 

  boltonlandscapes · Member · Oct 30, 2014 at 7:57 pm

  • Copy link

  Thank you very much. I thought I selected the option to purchase the domain I want and map to the http://boltonlandscapingdotcom.wordpress.com.. but I don’t know how to tell if it is just in a waiting period. How do I find out if it worked? I will buy the dmain name boltonlandscaping.com from GoDaddy if I have to, but don’t want to pay twice (I already think I paid wordpress $18+$5 for this domain name plus mapping, but don’t know where to look to confirm this!).

• 

  timethief · Member · Oct 30, 2014 at 7:59 pm

  • Copy link

  What do you see here?
  Dashboard > Store> My Upgrades
  Dashboard > Store > Billing History

• 

  gracejiyoung · Member · Oct 30, 2014 at 8:00 pm

  • Copy link

  Hi there,

  It looks like you registered the site: boltonlandscapingdotcom.wordpress.com, but did not register the domain: boltonlandscaping.com yet.

  Please go to Store > My Domains and register the domain:

  boltonlandscaping.com

  You can view this guide for more information:

  Register a New Domain

  Let me know if you have any questions with this!