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  xavier520 · Member · Jan 8, 2016 at 11:55 pm

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  I paid $25.00 on WordPress to have my own domain name but when I type in my domain name the web says that my address is invalid and can’t be found. I can only access it if I go to http://www.wordpress.com first. What am I doing wrong? Paula

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  timethief · Member · Jan 9, 2016 at 12:08 am

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  What is the URL of the domain your are typing in?

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  timethief · Member · Jan 9, 2016 at 12:09 am

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  Are you referring to paulaxavierphotography.com?

  When we need Staff help with issues Volunteers cannot resolve like this one we type modlook into the sidebar tags on our forum threads. I did that for you.

  From the support docs: How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Then we subscribe to this thread so we are notified when they respond. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.

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  supernovia · Staff · Jan 9, 2016 at 3:50 am

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  Hi @xavier520, it looks like you bought the domain then cancelled it right away. It won’t work while cancelled, but if you’ll wait a few business days for the registrar to release the domain, you can buy it again.