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1. josephbeck
   Member
   Jan 8, 2012, 10:22 PM

   I tried making the blog phantomscript.wordpress.com today, since it is not used. It then told me it was "reserved". I don't know how someone goes about reserving it. If it is not being used shouldn't it be free to use by other people? I have phantomscript.tumblr.com (Set to private for now) but I wanted to make it a wordpress.com to be a tad more professional. I was going to make it centered around paranormal journalism. Can anyone explain to me this reserved process?

   The blog I need help with is josephbeck.wordpress.com.

2. timethief
   Member
   Jan 8, 2012, 10:27 PM

   When we create a username account here the matching blog address is "reserved" for us and we can contact Staff to acquire it.

3. thesacredpath
   Member
   Jan 8, 2012, 10:28 PM

   Someone signed up for the username "phantomscript" but did not sign up for the associated blog. When that happens, that blog name is automatically reserved for them by WordPress.

   http://en.forums.wordpress.com/profile/phantomscript

4. timethief
   Member
   Jan 8, 2012, 10:29 PM

   If you did not register own the matching phantomscript username here at WordPress.com then you cannot register the blog.

5. josephbeck
   Member
   Jan 10, 2012, 3:22 AM

   Ahhhhh that sort of makes sense then. They should at least make it free to the public after a few months though but I can understand the idea there. Most sites require you to have the same URL as your username.

6. timethief
   Member
   Jan 10, 2012, 5:15 PM

   You're welcome from me.

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