Title: Problem switching from WordPress.com
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Problem switching from WordPress.com

 *  [culturedallroundman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/culturedallroundman/)
 * (@culturedallroundman)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-switching-from-wordpresscom/)
 * Hello,
 * I’ve been running a WordPress.com blog, under the domain name culturedallroundman.
   com. I attempted today to make the move to WordPress.org. I signed up for hosting
   with Bluehost, then transferred the culturedallroundman.com domain from WordPress.
   com to Bluehost. That transfer seemed to progress smoothly – I accepted the transfer
   via WordPress.com, and I also changed the nameservers to ns1.bluehost.com and
   ns2.bluehost.com – but I understand that even after accepting the transfer, it
   can take around seven days to complete.
 * Via Bluehost, I then installed WordPress.org to the culturedallroundman.com domain.
   My problem is that when I attempt an ‘Admin Login’ via Bluehost, I simply return
   to my WordPress.com dashboard, and seem unable to access my new WordPress.org
   installation. I’ve tried logging out of WordPress.com, and performing an ‘Admin
   Login’ with the name and password I entered when installing WordPress.org – but
   I get no joy.
 * Am I doing something wrong? Should I be able to access my blank WordPress.org
   installation? Or is it that I simply have to wait for the domain transfer to 
   go through?
 * Hopefully this makes some sense; and thank you for any help.

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 *  [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * (@leejosepho)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-switching-from-wordpresscom/#post-5344497)
 * > …is it that I simply have to wait for the domain transfer to go through?
 * That would be my guess.
 * [https://www.google.com/search?q=dns+propagation](https://www.google.com/search?q=dns+propagation)

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-switching-from-wordpresscom/#post-5344497)
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