How to transfer your domain name purchased via Blogger
As a fairly new blogger, I found Google’s Blogger application extremely easy to use, so it was the perfect solution for me when I had to quickly throw up a site. Days later, when I wanted to change the address from blogspot to a custom domain, I followed the easy instructions in Blogger settings, and Google handled everything with no hassle. Once I checked the availability of the domain name I wanted to use, it was ‘automatically’ attached to my new Blogger site.
However, months later, after building a customized WordPress site (i.e. this one!), I wanted to launch it on my domain name purchased through Blogger. I quickly discovered, this wasn’t going to be easy! The problems began when I couldn’t even find my DNS settings anywhere in my Blogger dashboard. Here’s what I had to do!
First, identify who your domain host is. Google may not have told you, so you’ll have to click HERE and enter your domain name to find out.
Your domain is probably registered with one of Google’s registration partners, either eNom or GoDaddy.My domain host was GoDaddy. Next, I had to figure out how to get to my DNS name servers…and found this information: