Title: ".COM –> .ORG" …then what?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# ".COM –> .ORG" …then what?

 *  [erichhartmann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erichhartmann/)
 * (@erichhartmann)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/com-org-then-what/)
 * Hopefully a simple question(s):
 * I’ve had a personal blog for years on .COM, with domain forwarding, and it’s 
   been great.
 * But I’ve recently completed a couple of successful self-hosted installations,
   and now I want to self-host that personal .COM site too.
 * I know how to export, import, MySQL, API, etc, etc. But what I don’t know is 
   this:
 * After I get my content up and running on my local installation 100%, what do 
   I do w/ my existing .com site? Do I erase it?
 * I know it’s only “pointing” to (www.mysite.com), but if I install on that root,
   what should I do w/ the (www.mysite.wordpress.com) site? Data?
 * And since I’ve already got that re-direct going on (www.mysite.wordpress.com –
   > [http://www.mysite.com](http://www.mysite.com)). How will that pan out? Do 
   I just cancel it? Will all my SEO survive?
 * BONUS QUESTION!
 * That personal .COM blog is under another username. But I’d like to “bring it 
   in the family” of the 2 other (already) self-hosted sites I have (which share
   the same username).
 * Would that make the universe implode?
 * tia,
 * e

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