OK, I want to put a new twist on this.
Let’s say I have a site at wordpress.com and I have upgraded so that I can map a domain name (dropping the wordpress.com from my blog name).
Now, I want to move the blog off of wordpress.com and just set up the blog using www.ads-software.com. However, because my domain name is registered with wordpress.com, I can’t re-register that domain name.
The first option is to cancel the domain name, give it a few days to become available, then re-register it with a different hosting service.
I want to know if there is any other option to avoid losing the domain name for up to a week. Can I get hosting from a new provider and keep the domain name registered at wordpress.com? Or is there a way to transfer it over?
I can’t seem to find any help on the wordpress.com support/forums.
