Point a domain name managed at Netsol to my blog on WordPress

mikesrange · Member · May 26, 2016 at 3:43 pm
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Hello, I have a free blog at wordpress, and own my domain name and manage DNS at network solutions. How do I point my URL (domain name) so that it directs to myblog.wordpress.com? I cant seem to find the answer.

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timethief · Member · May 26, 2016 at 4:04 pm
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You will need to purchase a Premium upgrade. See here for details on purchasing the annually renewable Premium bundle of upgrades http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/

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 and purchase upgrades at > Dashboard> Store > My Upgrades
https://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/

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

Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
https://en.support.wordpress.com/billing-history/ Your Billing History page is where you can print out your own receipt. https://wordpress.com/me/billing

WordPress.com provides a 30-day refund on all upgrades except Domain Registrations, Domain Renewals, and Guided Transfers. The refund period for Domain Registrations and Renewals is 48 hours.

Note: It takes from 1 – 2 weeks for the refund to be received.

You have to 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, cancel any upgrades, claim a refund for any qualified upgrades, and disable auto-renew. Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades. You can also disable auto-renew there. http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/#canceling-upgrades
mikesrange · Member · May 26, 2016 at 5:16 pm
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I thought I could do something in DNS, maybe with domain forwarding or a CName? No?
timethief · Member · May 26, 2016 at 5:18 pm
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Domain forwarding will not work as our .wordpress.com sites are not on permanent IP addresses. When the IP change the forwarded URLs will break.
mikesrange · Member · May 26, 2016 at 5:29 pm
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OK thank you. So if I upgrade my membership, do they provide me a fixed IP or something?
timethief · Member · May 26, 2016 at 5:30 pm
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No.
timethief · Member · May 26, 2016 at 5:31 pm
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If you purchase an upgrade domain mapping will result in a seamless reliable 301 redirect for all URLs for one year when the upgrade has to be renewed.
timethief · Member · May 26, 2016 at 5:42 pm
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You can confirm here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-mapping-1118?replies=12#post-2641970
mikesrange · Member · May 26, 2016 at 6:12 pm
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Geesh, $100 per year just so a name I have points to a WordPress blog. There’s got to be another way, I just need a CName to point to WordPresses DNS servers. I dont care if the final page says WordPress after the domain, I just want people to redirect from my domain to the blog. For that price I may as well make a landing page, with a blog hyperlink that points to my blog.worldpress.com. Unless there’s an easier, more sensible (and less expensive) way?

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