mapping a domain

  • liamsheridan7 · Member ·

    I recently bought a domain name on godaddy.com. I would like to map the domain name to a website I plan on building with word press. I am wondering if I can create my word press site first (with a example.wordpress.com URL) before worrying about mapping my final domain.

    Basically I want to know if I can build a website and later map a domain from godaddy.

  • timethief · Member ·

    What is the URL of this site you say you are “building”?

    You cannot p a domain unless or until you register an underlyiing .wordpress.com blog to map from to the domain URL.

  • timethief · Member ·

    re: mapping an existing domain
    WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers but mapping an existing domain is possible.

    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/

    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.

    See https://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/

    Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/billing-history/

    Your only options for payment are found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/

    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.

  • liamsheridan7 · Member ·

    Thank you that helps. I have not created the example.wordpress.com website yet because I wasn’t sure if I had to map a domain right when I create the website or if I could do it at a later date. Can I map the domain after I’ve completed the example.wordpress.com website?

  • timethief · Member ·

    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.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

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