Title: transferring from wordpress.com.. please help!
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# transferring from wordpress.com.. please help!

 *  [ishtariray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ishtariray/)
 * (@ishtariray)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/transferring-from-wordpresscom-please-help/)
 * Hi! Need some help! 🙂
 * I started with a free wordpress.com blog site then i upgraded and bought my own
   domain. I decided to transfer it to wordpress.org. I get a hosting company (i
   chose hostbig.com) for my domain and then installed the wordpress.org software
   using Fantastico. I also did change the nameserver for my domain. But when I 
   try logging in using mydomain.com/wp-admin, I am always being directed back to
   wordpress.com login site. In the wp.com login form, i tried using there the login
   details I set for the wp.org, but as expected, i always get an error. I am stuck
   right now and I have read and followed many tutorials about moving from wp.com
   to wp.org but still same results.. I do not know what to do anymore.
 * Im such a newbie! I hope you can help me! Thanks! 😀

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 *  [ce_kevinw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ce_kevinw/)
 * (@ce_kevinw)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/transferring-from-wordpresscom-please-help/#post-2240378)
 * Just to cover the basics since I am not sure what you have already done/tried:
 * First, after installing WordPress from within fantastico, you’ll want to then
   import your blog data using the import / export tool. If you can not log in yet
   to your own domain’s WordPress, just make sure you have the information exported
   from WP.com. Some hosts give you a temporary/server URL so you can access your
   account before the nameserver change has taken effect. If so, you can go ahead
   and import your old site to your new site using the Import tool.
 * The problem you may run into is being able to log into your new admin section
   if your domain name is not yet pointing. Remember that even after changing the
   nameservers, it can take up to 24 hours to propagate. If you can provide the 
   domain name I’d be happy to look into it further to see if the DNS settings are
   reading the new nameservers.

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