Moving website/Domain from 1&1 to Wordpress, Moving Email from 1&1 to Zolo.. how?

[GREED]

I have realised how out of touch I am on this sort of thing.

 

So I have a personal website on 1&1. I hate them BTW!

 

I want to move the domain to a Wordpress site I will create (happy to ditch the old site and rebuild), I know I will need to keep 1&1 as the registrar thats OK.

 

I want to move my email too, to Zolo which is free to have your own domain as the domain name, which I have. Once all is working I'll be cancelling my 1&1 subscription (less the registration).

 

So what do I actually need to do to make these things happen and what is the order of play? I'm more frightened of the ends not matching up and I lose the domain or worse the email address, or I miss something meaning I can't close down 1&1 or something like that.

 

All help greatly appreciated!

[Edu-IT]

Where are you hosting your Wordpress? For your email, just set up your new mail accounts on the new service and change your MX records. Be sure to backup first.

[GREED]

Hosting on WordPress.com not self hosting I don't have a server and really not looking to pay any more than I am.now for thing change

[Marci]

Domain mapping is a paid upgrade that costs $13.00 per domain, per year. Complete the purchase to begin the mapping process.

Pointing your own domain at a hosted wordpress is a pay-for upgrade... but they do give you full step-by-steps: Map an ExistingDomain — Support — WordPress.com