Domain on WordPress.com has expired but I can't transfer it either

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  redpastel · Member · Nov 10, 2013 at 12:26 pm

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  I didn’t renew my wordpress domain so I could register it at siteground for more flexibility as a wordpress.org installation. My account at wordpress still exists, and my blogs have been deleted, but my domain still works and takes me to a ‘private blog’ note.

  I’ve registered at siteground and tried to transfer it but it says the domain is still locked. How can I change this?

  My domain is youtwit.org

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  raincoaster · Member · Nov 10, 2013 at 12:30 pm

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  It sounds like someone else bought it and you’re out of luck.

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  redpastel · Member · Nov 10, 2013 at 12:33 pm

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  Really? But I can still log into the account that shows up on the ‘private blog’ page.

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  raincoaster · Member · Nov 10, 2013 at 1:21 pm

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  Then you can indeed move it. You can either move management of the domain to the company of your choice or simply point it elsewhere. Here are the instructions. You will have to do it from the dashboard of that blog.

  Transfer a Domain to Another Registrar

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/move-domain/