WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Domain purchase http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-purchase-3 WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Domain purchase en Tue, 21 May 2013 07:43:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 chastudio on "Domain purchase" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-purchase-3#post-973949 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 01:36:41 +0000 chastudio 973949@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you thistimethisspace!
I'll just have to wait & see - until then 2nd best it is.

]]> thistimethisspace on "Domain purchase" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-purchase-3#post-973946 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 01:34:03 +0000 thistimethisspace 973946@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Blogs belong to those who registered them. There is no expiration date on blogs unused or otherwise. If you can make contact on your own then there is a means of a consenting blog owner to transfer the blog to another username account. http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#transferring-your-blog-to-another-user-or-account In the case that there is no contact information Staff will not breach the privacy policy and provide you with an email address. As far as acquiring the domain name goes you are on your own again when it comes to making contact with the owner. But as raincoasterr said if you purchase your own domain via a domain mapping upgrade then it does not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com subdomain URL is that you map from to the domain.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/
Also note that when a blog is deleted the .wordpress.com URL will not be recycled. http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

]]> chastudio on "Domain purchase" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-purchase-3#post-973941 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 01:28:37 +0000 chastudio 973941@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ They are registered as a .com thru wordpress : (
Which sparked my curiosity since the site is dormant.

]]> raincoaster on "Domain purchase" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-purchase-3#post-973860 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:06:13 +0000 raincoaster 973860@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Oh, you don't need the whatever.wordpress.com URL at all if you're getting a custom domain. The underlying domain doesn't matter at all!

]]> chastudio on "Domain purchase" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-purchase-3#post-973839 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:37:27 +0000 chastudio 973839@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for the reply raincoaster : )

]]> chastudio on "Domain purchase" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-purchase-3#post-973836 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:35:40 +0000 chastudio 973836@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I do want to purchase the .com. Because the wordpress user still has the generic 'hi world! I just signed up with WP' on the site for a year - I wasn't even sure how to reach them. I would prefer .com over .net

]]> raincoaster on "Domain purchase" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-purchase-3#post-973829 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:31:58 +0000 raincoaster 973829@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ WP.com staff will not contact the blogger on your behalf. You'll have to find that blogger somewhere and contact them. Why don't you just buy a custom domain and have whatever.com instead of whatever.wordpress.com?

]]> chastudio on "Domain purchase" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-purchase-3#post-973820 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:24:57 +0000 chastudio 973820@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I would like to purchase a domain thru WordPress. It is currently an old never used before wordpress blog, not one single post, info, picture, nada

I know you urge people to give up domains if they are not using them - I appreciate your help!
Blog url: http://chastudio.wordpress.com/

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