Can my domain be mapped after deletion from the old registrar?

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  rbgthesoundtrack · Member · May 30, 2013 at 4:04 am

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  Hello awesome support staff,

  My site is thesnsnightlife.wordpress.com. I am trying to map my domain, thesnsnightlife.com so I don’t lose my 15K followers. I deleted it completely from its old registrar blog.com so its no longer mapped there. It’s still not mapping here though and appears to be lost in cyberspace. Can you guys fix this or will I have to choose another domain name completely?

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  kardotim · Member · May 30, 2013 at 9:33 am

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  It looks like your domain is not pointing to WordPress.com name servers yet. Please go to your domain registrar’s site and log into the control panel. You will need to update the name servers as below:

  NS1.WORDPRESS.COM
  NS2.WORDPRESS.COM
  NS3.WORDPRESS.COM

  For more information, please visit the help documentation provided by the registrar and our support page:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

  Let us know if you have any questions!

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  rbgthesoundtrack · Member · May 30, 2013 at 11:14 am

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  Thanks for the fast response. Blog.com does not let us make DNS changes from the control panel and support staff doesn’t answer questions. Thats why I just deleted it hoping that would help.

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  kardotim · Member · May 30, 2013 at 11:57 am

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  The domain seems to be still active. Note that if you cancel a domain it means you completely give up ownership of it and it can take up to 35 days before it will become available to register somewhere.

  I’d suggest to contact the blog.com once more to help you change the name server records, so the domain points to your WordPress.com blog.

  Otherwise feel free to register a new domain at Store > Domains on your WordPress.com blog’s dashboard.