Do I need to switch my domain name at the same time I upgrade to Premium?

  • andrea100sec · Member ·

    Hello!

    I am building a new website for my small business, using a free WordPress template. We already have a website elsewhere with our own domain, but in about a month will switch over to our new wordpress site.

    We are at the point where I would like to switch over to Premium so I can make more edits/customizations. If we go ahead and upgrade to premium now, but keep the same “test” domain, can we switch it to our actual domain later when we are done building the site?

    Thanks!

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

  • jameswelbes · Member ·

    yup! You can absolutely upgrade to Premium to take advantage of the Premium features.

    Feel free to update your domain whenever you’re ready (although I recommend reserving the domain ASAP before someone else takes it)

  • timethief · Member ·

    WordPress.COM upgrades can only be purchased for wordpress.COM hosted blogs. Are you clear on that?

    Premium bundle details http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/
    A free blog and free features https://en.wordpress.com/features/
    A custom domain
    Advanced customization
    Store dozens of videos
    13 GB of space
    No Ads
    Direct Email support

    The only means of importing content into a wordpress.COM hosted blog is via an XML import file. Please see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/import/

    re: mapping 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, 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.

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