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  rickdtatum · Member · Jul 7, 2012 at 10:18 pm

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  A domain I want is being used, however whenever I type it in it appears not to be there. Is there any chance I would be able to get access to the name?

  The blog is hardwired.wordpress.com
  Blog url:

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  timethief · Member · Jul 7, 2012 at 11:06 pm

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  When we register a username account the matching blog is reserved for our future use. It cannot be obtained by anyone other than the person who has registered the matching username.
  Do you see a “reserved” notice?
  What is the exact URL please astring with http:// ?

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  rickdtatum · Member · Jul 7, 2012 at 11:32 pm

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  Unfortunately I don’t see reserved sign, however I am not to sure where I am looking.

  Here is the site:

  http://hardwired.wordpress.com

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  timethief · Member · Jul 7, 2012 at 11:41 pm

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  That’s blog that is not being used but it still belongs to the person who registered it. There is no requirement that must use any blog they register.

  The only way to obtain an unused blog here at wordpress.com is to contact the blogger who created it and have them transfer the blog to another wordpress.com username account. In this case there is no contact information and Staff will not breach the privacy policy by providing the email address to you.

  You can register another blog > http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

  Or you can purchase a domain mapping upgrade for your free hosted WordPress.com blog in which case what the underlying .wordpress.com URL doesn’t matter see: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/