Cancellation

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  bayswingdoc · Member · Oct 23, 2011 at 9:52 pm

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  I would like to cancel my domain, but can not get a hold of anybody.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Oct 23, 2011 at 11:00 pm

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  This thread has been flagged for Staff attention. Provided you have posted here within the allowed time frame (48 hours) for a refund Staff will see to it that you do get one. Please be patient while waiting for a response form Staff.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 24, 2011 at 10:44 am

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  You can cancel your ownership of a domain purchased at WordPress.com and get a full refund within 2 days of purchase.

  After cancellation, there is no guarantee the domain will become available to re-register. Is that okay?

  Note that it’s possible to keep the domain registered here at WordPress.com and switch to another web hosting provider at any time by updating the name servers.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/domain-management/#update-nameservers

  If your reason for canceling is that you made a typo in the domain name, you might consider keeping that domain to make it so other people who make the same typo will still get redirected to the right place.

  Please reply by October 25 to confirm if you would like to cancel your ownership of the domain name bayswingdoc.com.

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  knackeredgrouse · Member · Oct 24, 2011 at 7:11 pm

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  The only references I find for “cancellation” are on those first 48 hours after purchase. But what do I need to do if I decide after a couple of years that I want to discontinue the domain? How and where do I cancel? What are the deadlines?

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  airodyssey · Member · Oct 24, 2011 at 9:29 pm

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  @knackeredgrouse: That’s another story. You can’t ask for a refund a few years after the fact. However, if you simply stop renewing your domain name mapping and domain name registration fees, what will likely happen is that a domain name wholesaler will buy your domain name once it expires and try to re-sell it at a much higher price than the original one.