Domain Release
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Hello! I originally signed up and bought a domain and package here on wordpress.com. But upon some research decided to switch to wordpress.org. I now realize that I made a big mistake by canceling everything including my domain as there is no guarantee that I can ever get it back now. After reading some forums I wish I had just done a transfer. However, since I didn’t do that, I am reaching out to see if it possible for wordpress.com to release the domain I had bought? I canceled pretty quickly after I claimed it. I would appreciate any help with this! Thank you!!
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It looks like you’ve canceled the domain name, meaning you no longer own it.
Please let us know which of these options works best for you:
Wait: You can wait about five days from cancellation for the domain to be released. So long as no one else buys it before you do, you can purchase it again with another provider.
Repurchase the Domain: We can send an invoice and restore the domain. You’ll be able to point it to a new host as soon as it’s restored, then transfer the registration after 60 days.
Repurchase a Plan: To host your site here after all, buy a plan, skip the domain option, then update us here.
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Repurchase seems the most viable option for you. Buying domain names should not be taken lightly! And it is like a disease, if you don’t renew it on time then you have a big nightmare. Years ago most of the domains I took and abandoned years later have been taken by domain squatters to put websites that are totally unrelated that have varied from strange fake shops to even adult material.
Domain squaters HOPE the former owner would be desperate enough to buy it at a much higher price. In my case I just dropped them because they weren’t interesting enough. Only in one ocassion I did forget to pay, they put it in some limbo queue and made me wait what was supposed to be 2 weeks or so but you have no chance, I am sure the domain registrars rather than releasing it for you (the former owner), made it more available to squatters so even if you check every minute you won’t get it… I don’t remember which one it was as it was long ago and over the years I have owned many.
I just don’t bother with domains anymore and save myself the grief and the money.
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I’ve sent you a link via email that you can use to pay for the domain again. Please comment here once you’ve completed payment, and we can restore the domain to your account.
Once we’ve restored the domain, you can use one of the methods here to point the domain to your new hosting provider:
https://wordpress.com/support/move-domain/
Once you’ve owned the domain for at least 60 days, you’ll also be able to transfer the registration away from us entirely, if you prefer.
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Thanks for that! I’ve restored the domain to your account.
You can now follow the steps here to update the domain nameservers to point to your new hosting provider:
Let us know if you have any questions or need help with anything else.
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