Domain of deleted site not available for registration

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  broketravellersite · Member · May 28, 2016 at 10:32 pm

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  Hello,

  I would be interested in taking over a ‘.wordpress.com’ domain to start a travel photography blog. It seems that the authors of the page have deleted it but the domain is unavailable for registration. As I also set up Facebook, Instagram and Google+ accounts with the same names, I am looking to keep the theme on WordPress. Would it be possible for me to register that domain? Many Thanks! Andrei

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · May 30, 2016 at 4:55 pm

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  Once deleted, WordPress.com URLs are generally not available for registration again.

  I would encourage you to choose another _____.wordpress.com URL. Or to pick a custom domain:

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  broketravellersite · Member · May 30, 2016 at 5:30 pm

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  Hi,

  Thanks for the reply. You said “generally”, does that mean there still is a way to register one, once it has been deleted?

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  timethief · Member · May 30, 2016 at 6:11 pm

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  Deleted blog URLs are not recycled, regardless of who registered and deleted them, and no exceptions are made except for the one stated here http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/ for blogs URLs deleted 2 or more years ago.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · May 31, 2016 at 2:52 am

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  If a deleted blog URL is able to be recycled, it would be listed as available when trying to create a site. As the site URL you want is not available, there is no way to use it.