Creating a website

  • gikvassay · Member ·

    Help! I’m totally bamboozled in trying to create a website. I have a domain name and spent ages trying to sort out the hosting of my emails which I finally did. It was such a headache! Now I’d like to create a website but I can’t afford to spend too much so can’t work out whether to transfer my domain or map my domain… any advise would be welcome! Thanks

  • staff-doublebassd · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    So, if you have a domain you want to use at WordPress.com that you have hosted elsewhere, you do indeed have the option to map or transfer that domain.

    First, you transfer the domain without having to purchase a paid plan. However, using a domain at WordPress.com without a plan prevents you from making the domain primary. When someone types in your custom domain, it will automatically forward to your WordPress.com subdomain:

    Domains

    Otherwise, you can purchase a WordPress.com plan and set your domain as the primary domain.

    The biggest factors to consider would be who you want to host your domain, how much your domain host currently costs compared to the domain only or domain + plans packages we offer here, and whether or not you want to host your domain and site at the same place.

    If you transfer the domain to WordPress.com, we’ll manage the domain. Assuming you want the domain primary, you’ll pay for the mapping and the plan here (the domain is included within the plan price for the first year).

    https://en.support.wordpress.com/incoming-domain-transfer/

    But, if you keep the domain with your current host and map the domain to WordPress.com, your current host will continue to manage the domain and you’ll still need to pay them for hosting your domain.

    https://en.support.wordpress.com/map-existing-domain/

    For more information about the domain, please visit our support page:

    Domains

    Hope that helps. Feel free to let us know if you have any questions.

    Thanks,

  • staff-doublebassd · Staff ·

    Also to note:

    We now do provide monthly plans, but the domain is not included in the plan for the first year with the plan – only for the annual plan.

    Thanks,

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