AlisonFrane

Thanks for this, @macmanx,

First, you answered one very important question about having to have 3 Business accounts for our sites. So thanks! Also, I apologize if I do this forum thing wrong. I don’t know if I’m doing the markup right.

All the other stuff… it’s been frustrating. Yes, yes, I know the difference between wp.org, and wp.com, yes, I’ve read over the pricing page (but needed to know whether we’d be paying 3x whatever). I’ve definitely found myself at that contact page multiple times, and it doesn’t have any way to contact them. It’s just FAQ, none of which answered these questions.

I tried to set up a free account just to at least ask on the wp.com forum, but the first step in making a free account is… making a website? (we already have websites, and I’m not setting up a new domain just to ask a few questions! I am _not_ a website builder, I’m just trying to do research on what will be needed for the probable migration. Like I said: frustrating.)

Instructions on this page you directed me to, which, of course, I’ve already checked out:
https://wordpress.com/support/moving-from-self-hosted-wordpress-to-wordpress-com/
…are exactly what made me think that Jetpack would be required to move:

* Make sure that the Jetpack plugin is active and connected to your self-hosted site. The Jetpack version must be 7.9 or newer.
*If you have multiple WordPress.com accounts, make sure that the WordPress.com account you want to import to is a Jetpack connected user on the site you wish to export from.

That said, I’ll see if Jetpack support can help with more details, especially since you said:

unless you already have Jetpack subscribers and stats you want to move over too.

We don’t have subscribers, so you may very well be right that we don’t need it. So THAT’S great info as well, thanks!

So, again, thank you for the info you’ve been able to give, even though I realize this is completely the wrong place to ask. We’re still more informed than before!

-Alison