Domain Name Issue – Need Quick Help!

ryemilligan · Member · Mar 17, 2017 at 10:58 am
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Hi guys, so I am creating a simple website for an artist.

I created a website under the domain of; ryemilligan.wordpress.com.

Being new to the site I didn’t like my theme and so deleted the website stupidly…

Now the domain is; ryemilliganblog.wordpress.com
I want to purchase the domain; ryemilligan.com, yet this domain is not available and when searched in the address bar (with .wordpress), it tells me that the user has deleted the site (Of course I know)

Can I get the domain ryemilligan.wordpress.com so then I can upgrade to get; ryemilligan.com

I understand this isn’t a public forum issue yet I am not allowed to talk to wordpress without premium so it seems..

Thanks in advance!

Bret.

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timethief · Member · Mar 17, 2017 at 4:48 pm
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The answer is no and it’s not required in any event.

Deleted blog URLs are not recycled, regardless of who registered and deleted them and no exceptions are made except for the one stated at http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/.

You can register another .wordpress.com URL and then purchase an upgrade plan so you can map to an existing domain.

Register another .wordpress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

Purchase a domain mapping upgrade knowing it does not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com address is when you are domain mapping.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/
ryemilligan · Member · Mar 17, 2017 at 5:10 pm
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Thanks for the response!
timethief · Member · Mar 17, 2017 at 6:10 pm
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You’re welcome and best wishes.

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