You’ll need full control to your domain’s DNS and delegation, all files under your hosting account, raw SQL backup, etc. Sorry I am a bit of a control freak when it comes to web hosting, but anyone who is serious about publishing content on-line *should* have everything prepared. There are some very successful blogs out there on them or who have used different methods to move to new set ups from them – all is not lost – but if you are in start up mode think carefully. Of course if you are trapped on a subdomain it’s not the end of the world either. While it’s difficult to see too far into the future and it might feel a little excessive to fork out for a domain name and hosting (and it seems difficult to set up) i might save you quite a few headaches in the future. My main advice to new bloggers on this topic is to attempt to think ahead as much as possible. Don’t make the same mistake as me or you could end up feeling trapped like I do right now. ‘The irony here is that I actually own a lot of domain names and I genuinely can’t fathom why I didn’t just use a domain of my own when I started this blog. Emily reflects upon the problem of starting a blog on a hosted service like TypePad and relying upon the subdomain URL you are given when you do in a post rather appropriately titled Starting a new blog? Get your own domain name! Do NOT use a subdomain.
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