changing my domain name

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  lauraelizabethart · Member · Feb 14, 2015 at 4:54 am

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  Hi there, I’d like to change my domain name from leamatulli.com to lauraelizabethart.com but I’m having trouble figuring out how to do it.

  Thank you in advance for your help.

  Sincererly,
  Laura Foster

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  pmciano · Member · Feb 14, 2015 at 2:38 pm

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  @leamatulli

  At any time, you can add another custom domain to your site here:

  https://leamatulli.wordpress.com/wp-admin/paid-upgrades.php?page=domains

  Register a New Domain

  Also, if you no longer require it, I’d be happy to cancel leamatulli.com for you.

  Before I proceed, there are a few points I need to cover.

  If we cancel your domain, it can take up to several weeks for our domain registrar to release the domain, and we can’t guarantee that your domain will be available to you again, once canceled.

  If you want to keep using your domain, but you don’t want to use WordPress.com anymore, you don’t have to cancel it. Instead, you can move the domain to another site, using the Domain Administration tool under Store > Domains, at the bottom of the page.

  For more information on using the domain elsewhere, please see:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/

  Once you confirm how you’d like to proceed, I will get started processing your transaction :-)

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  lauraelizabethart · Member · Feb 14, 2015 at 4:13 pm

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  Hi, thank you for your response. The problem is that I’ve already paid for my current domain for the year, and I don’t want to have to pay again. I just want to change the name from leamatulli to lauraelizabethart

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  pmciano · Member · Feb 14, 2015 at 6:14 pm

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  @leamatulli

  Custom domain names (i.e., those that don’t end in wordpress.com) can’t be changed. They can only be registered or canceled.

  If you have additional questions, please let us know.

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  lauraelizabethart · Member · Feb 15, 2015 at 5:13 am

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  So if I were to cancel my current domain, would the money I spent for the year on upgrades be lost? And then would I have to spend additional money on upgrades for the new domain?

  Thank you for all of your help!

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Feb 16, 2015 at 2:18 pm

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  You will not be able to apply your payment for the domain leamatulli.com to the registration of a new domain. Domain payments are only refundable within the first two days after purchase. Since your domain leamatulli.com was renewed back on 12/13/14, this payment is not refundable. Your No Ads purchase, however, would be applied to the new domain name (no need to repurchase that).

  Let me know if you need anything else!