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  decoratedairtheatre · Member · Dec 29, 2011 at 5:12 pm

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  I was wondering if anyone knew how long it takes for a deleted blog name to be available to be used again? I wanted to change the address to my blog and I set up a new blog with that address not knowing I could do it without having to create a new one first. So I deleted it and now I can’t switch it over because wordpress says that address is being used. But if you go to that site it says it’s no longer available, it’s been deleted.
  thanks

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  justjennifer · Member · Dec 29, 2011 at 5:30 pm

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  Sites that have been deleted do not ever have their address URL made available again. During the deletion process it mentions this several times and you had to click your agreement in the confirmation email in order to delete the blog.

  See here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

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  decoratedairtheatre · Member · Dec 29, 2011 at 6:11 pm

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  that stinks. originally i was going to switch it to the new address and then pay to have the wordpress.com dropped. instead, would i be able to pay to have the wordpress.com dropped from my current blog, then switch it to the address that was deleted minus the wordpress.com….does that make sense?

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  timethief · Member · Dec 29, 2011 at 6:15 pm

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  What the root blog .wordpress.com subdomain address/URL is does not matter when one purchases domain mapping and maps from it to a domain.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/

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  decoratedairtheatre · Member · Dec 29, 2011 at 6:31 pm

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  i’m not very savy in this stuff…so what you’re saying is i would still be able to use the web address i was planning on using even though the .wordpress.com version is no longer available because i deleted it?

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  airodyssey · Member · Dec 29, 2011 at 11:47 pm

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  I think what timethief means is that if blabla1.wordpress.com is not available, you can choose to purchase the address blabla1.com (or .net, etc.). In that case, it doesn’t matter what your .wordpress.com address is (it could even be whocaresaboutmyaddress.wordpress.com)

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  timethief · Member · Dec 30, 2011 at 12:06 am

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  ~~airodyssey
  Yes that’s what I was saying. If one buys their own .com (net, org, etc) domain and domain mapping then it does not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com subdomain URL is at all — it’s irrelevant.

  Here’s an example:
  Click this link http://thistimethisspace.com
  The .wordpress.com root blog subdomain URL for that personal blog is: http://onekoolblog.wordpress.com/wp-admin/
  The .wordpress.com root blog subdomain URL for that personal blog does not matter.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 30, 2011 at 12:08 am

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  OOPS! sorry about the wp/admin? above – DUH

  The .wordpress.com root blog subdomain URL for that blog is:
  http://onekoolblog.wordpress.com
  What the .wordpress.com root blog subdomain URL for the blog is does not matter when you buy your own domain and domain mapping.

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  decoratedairtheatre · Member · Dec 30, 2011 at 1:18 am

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  cool! can I do that all through wordpress or do I need to purchase that through a place like godaddy.com? I’ve looked at the option to purchase one here for $17 a year I think it was, but I didn’t go far enough into it to see if they ask you what you would like to name the domain or if it automatically gives you whatever your wordpress.com address is minus the wordpress.com.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 30, 2011 at 1:26 am

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  There has to be a .wordpress.com subdomain URL (it matters not which one) that your content is at and that you are mapping from. You will see that only on the Admin side of the blog. What your visitors see is the URL of the domain you are mapping to .

  The information and instructions are here:
  domain mapping
  Register a new domain through WordPress.com
  Important Notes Before Upgrading

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  decoratedairtheatre · Member · Jan 1, 2012 at 4:41 am

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  thanks everyone for their help! you all were very nice and helpful. i now have my new address up!!!

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 1, 2012 at 5:13 am

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  COngrats! The next step is to link it to your name so people can just click and see your blog. I believe you do that on your Profile.