Desired Domain name already taken
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The domain name I want is apparently already bought, but is unused. Does WordPress offer any help to buy the name from the current owner?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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In a word no.
The top level domain here is wordPress.com and all blogs are on .wordpress.com sub-domains.
As you did not provide a relevant URL I can only surmise you are referring to a .wordpress.com URL.
There is no expiration date on blogs unused, reserved or otherwise. If you can make contact on your own with the owner of an unused blog via a contact form or commenting, then providing the are agreeable there is a means of a consenting blog owner to transfer the blog to another username account. http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#transferring-your-blog-to-another-user-or-account
In the case that there is no contact information Staff will not breach the privacy policy and provide you with an email address.
If you are not successful, you can register another blog with a similar name. http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/
Or you can register a domain via a domain mapping upgrade and it will not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com address is.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/If, however, you are referring to a domain URL the answer again is no. there is no ability to purchase a domain URL through WordPress.COM that someone else has registered.
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