Domain expired; new primary domain unusable

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  nomisrendrag · Member · Oct 30, 2015 at 3:36 pm

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  Earlier this year I decided not to renew a domain and changed my primary domain back to a .wordpress.com address. (My old domain – procyclingfanatic.com – now appears to be a scam site.)

  When I now access the .wordpress.com site, I get the message ‘Uh oh! Your blog’s domain procyclingfanatic.com expired 146 days ago!’. The message also appears when not logged in, so the same message is seen by any user who comes to the blog.

  I would like to use my .wordpress.com site, but how can I get rid of this message?

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

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  catiakitahara · Member · Oct 30, 2015 at 6:16 pm

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  Hi there,

  I guess you need to set your wordpress.com address as the primary domain. After logging in try going to My Sites > Domains. Find your wordpress.com address and follow these instructions here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#setting-the-primary-domain
  Hope that helps.

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  nomisrendrag · Member · Nov 4, 2015 at 5:04 pm

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  Hi – I did change the primary domain but for some reason it didn’t make any difference.

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  catiakitahara · Member · Nov 5, 2015 at 6:47 pm

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  I’ve added the tag modlook to this thread to bring staff attention to it. Whenever you need staff member help you may use it. More info on this here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Nov 5, 2015 at 8:10 pm

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  Hi there Simon,

  I have removed the overlay from procyclingfanatic.wordpress.com.

  Let me know if you have any questions.

  Thanks!

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  nomisrendrag · Member · Nov 15, 2015 at 5:55 pm

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  Great. Thanks very much! Apologies for the late response.

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Nov 16, 2015 at 3:01 pm

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  Anytime!

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  sciencespeaks2014 · Member · Nov 22, 2015 at 7:18 am

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  Hi there, I am having the same problem with my site! Domain is expired but I just want to use the free domain which is this one:

  Can you please help me?

  Thanks.

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  sciencespeaks2014 · Member · Nov 22, 2015 at 7:18 am

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  Hi there, I am having the same problem with my site! Domain is expired but I just want to use the free domain which is this one:

  Can you please help me?

  Thanks.

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  sciencespeaks2014 · Member · Nov 22, 2015 at 8:59 pm

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  Just to clarify, I have changed the primary domain back to the free address (https://sciencespeakspeoplelistenonline.wordpress.com/) but the overlay is still appearing. Could you please remove it?

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Nov 23, 2015 at 1:43 pm

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  @sciencespeaks2014,

  I have removed the overlay for you as well.
  Let me know if you have any questions.

  Thanks!