trying to upgrade to purchase domain mapping

sheistoofondofbooks · Member · Jun 1, 2008 at 1:43 am
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I’ve followed the instructions (Dashboard -> Settings -> Domains, then typing in the name of my desired domain.
The error message I receive is “that hostname cannot be added to this blog.”
The name isn’t “taken”; that is, I get no results if I type the domain name into the address bar of my browser. How can I check if it is truly not available or if I’m making an error?
Thanks.
lingermedia · Member · Jun 1, 2008 at 1:48 am
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Go to http://www.whois.sc/domainname.com

And see if its registered already.
sheistoofondofbooks · Member · Jun 1, 2008 at 1:54 am
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Thanks for the quick reply!
The response on “whois” is:
Domain Status: Never Registered Before

It seems to be available … what now?

(thank you!)
vivianpaige · Member · Jun 1, 2008 at 1:56 am
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What domain are you trying to purchase?
sheistoofondofbooks · Member · Jun 1, 2008 at 1:57 am
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sorry, I should have included that…
I’d like to purchase the domain that I have on wordpress, sheIsTooFondOfBooks
vivianpaige · Member · Jun 1, 2008 at 3:32 am
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Well, I hope you are putting .com on the end of that. If not, that might be the problem.
raincoaster · Member · Jun 1, 2008 at 5:48 am
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It appeared that purchasing domains was disabled last weekend; it might be disabled for this weekend as well. Try again on Monday, during staff hours.
sheistoofondofbooks · Member · Jun 1, 2008 at 1:01 pm
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(laughing), yes, I’m putting .com on the end … I’m new, but not THAT new :)

I’ll try again on Monday as suggested and will update after that attempt.

Thanks!
vivianpaige · Member · Jun 1, 2008 at 4:16 pm
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Sorry – but I had to ask :) Around here, you never know :)

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