Blog Domain Taken (unused, on WordPress, not free domain)
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Hi there,
I want to start a new blog and register it under a domain (naturalhistories.co). The domain is currently taken, but the blog is entirely unused. It hasn’t expired just yet and it is a WordPress site.
I’ve read similar situations on the WordPress forum but it seems like this situation hasn’t been covered yet — I just left a comment today for the blogger (awaiting moderation), but I’m worried that even the email address that the blogger uses is inactive.
Is there any way I could contact WordPress about this to find out when the blog expires, or if there’s any other way to contact the blogger?
Thanks in advance!
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There is no expiration date on blogs unused, reserved or otherwise. If you can make contact on your own with the owner of an unused blog via a contact form or commenting, then providing the are agreeable 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.
If you are not successful, you can register another blog with a similar name. http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/
Or you can register a domain via a domain mapping upgrade and it will not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com address is.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
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Is there any way I could contact WordPress about this to find out when the blog expires, or if there’s any other way to contact the blogger?
No. Staff do not violate the privacy policy.
Do a whois search and note the domain is privately registered. -
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