Can blog urls be transferred to other people when original becomes redundant?

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  estherichigo · Member · Jan 1, 2015 at 4:34 pm

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  There is a blog URL that I would really like to use, however it is already in use. Now I went to the URL in question and this blog’s only post is the “welcome to wordpress” automated post when starting your blog and it was dated at march 7 – 2008. Is there a way for these types of URL’s to be given to other people so that they can use them for their blog as it is kind of a shame that these nice names for a blog are taken by a website that is not in use.

  Thanks in advance :)

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  auxclass · Member · Jan 1, 2015 at 4:37 pm

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  contact the blog owner and convince them to give the address to you – you are one your own however as WordPress.COM will not help you contact the blogger for privacy reasons

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  estherichigo · Member · Jan 1, 2015 at 4:40 pm

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  Hmm, and that’s the only thing that can be done so? Even when it’s been 6 years since the last post? Since it seems very unlikely to me that someone who hasn’t used the blog in 6 years would reply.

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  auxclass · Member · Jan 1, 2015 at 4:50 pm

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  that is the way it is – no expiration date for a blog URL and no requirement to actively post to a blog – some sites are different after a few months of no activity they delete your work – that can be a bit rude shock to find your pride and joy gone just because you did not feel like writing for a few months –

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  estherichigo · Member · Jan 2, 2015 at 8:11 am

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  Yeah I can understand that if you have a lot of posts and it deletes just because you don’t feel like writing, but this blog literally has 0 posts.

  But I understand why they do it, just a bit of a shame to see good names go to waste I guess haha.

  Anyway, thanks for the reply man! Have a lovely new year :)