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  anabella7 · Member · Jul 10, 2012 at 3:51 pm

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  I am thinking about buying my own domain name. I just started blogging in January of this year and I don’t know how long I will keep blogging for. My question is, what happens to the domain name I buy if I stop using my blog. Would I have to keep paying for an unused domain name? Or will it just revert back to the domain.wordpress.com url?

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  auxclass · Member · Jul 10, 2012 at 5:03 pm

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  If you stop paying for a custom domain name the URL will revert back to your base blog name once the domain registration and domain mapping expire.

  All your content will still be on your blog

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  anabella7 · Member · Jul 11, 2012 at 1:18 am

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  thank you auxclass! That was all I needed to know! :)

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  timethief · Member · Jul 11, 2012 at 1:25 am

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  @anaarenas
  The ramifications of doing that is not just a reversion. All the domain links to all of your blog content in Google’s indexed results will produce a 404 (page not found) when clicked if your do not renew the domain mapping upgrade. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/08/05/avoid-creating-404-pages/ My advice is do not purchase a domain mapping upgrade unless you are into blogging for the long term. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/04/02/do-i-need-a-domain/