Domain trouble

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  jonashmusic · Member · Apr 26, 2015 at 6:54 pm

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  y site is not working anymore and it says DNS is not pointing to the right address. I do not know how to fix this and I do not even know why it happened in the first place

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  rachelmcr · Member · Apr 27, 2015 at 4:10 pm

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  Hi there,

  I see you have two domains linked to your site: jonashmusic.com and ashleylovesyoga.com.

  Your domain ashleylovesyoga.com is working just fine. However, your site’s primary domain is jonashmusic.com, so ashleylovesyoga.com redirects to that domain.

  Your domain jonashmusic.com is mapped to your site, but the domain name itself isn’t registered here. To map a domain to your site, the domain has to stay registered with the domain registrar where you purchased it. It looks like that domain actually expired and is up for sale again:

  http://whois.domaintools.com/jonashmusic.com

  You have a few options now:

  1. You can register jonashmusic.com with another domain registrar again, and continue mapping it to your site.

  2. You can cancel the domain mapping from your My Upgrades page (or I can cancel it for you) and you can just use your domain ashleylovesyoga.com on your site.

  3. You can cancel the domain mapping (or I can cancel it for you) and then you can re-register jonashmusic.com here at WordPress.com to keep using it here.

  Please let me know if you have any questions about that. :)

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  jonashmusic · Member · Apr 28, 2015 at 3:32 pm

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  Hi Rachel,

  Thank you for your help.

  I would like a couple of things fixed if possible.

  1) Most importantly I would like jonashmusic.com to be the main and only domain I use for this site.

  2)Can you cancel the domain mapping so I can re-register it here at WordPress? I would like to only use jonashmusic.com for this site.

  3) Can you delete ashleylovesyoga.com?

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  jonashmusic · Member · Apr 28, 2015 at 3:40 pm

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  Hi Rachel,

  I think I fixed some of the problems, but I would like still ashleylovesyoga.com to be deleted.
  And my site still looks like its not directing correctly- Is the dns still messed up?

  Thank you,
  Ashley

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  rachelmcr · Member · Apr 28, 2015 at 3:45 pm

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  Hi Ashley,

  You’re faster than me! I was just about to cancel that domain mapping for you when I got your second message. :)

  It may take some time for jonashmusic.com to start working now that you re-registered it. (It’s treated like a brand-new domain and the domain settings need to propagate across the internet before it will start working everywhere.) If it still gives you trouble after a few hours, let me know.

  Can you delete ashleylovesyoga.com?

  I can, but I just want to confirm that with you first. Please keep in mind that canceling a domain means you give up ownership of that domain name entirely. The domain name may not be released immediately, and there’s no guarantee that you’ll be able to register it again in the future.

  If you’d like to keep the domain and use it somewhere else, you can transfer it instead: Transfer a Domain to Another Registrar

  If you’re sure you want to give up the domain completely, let me know and I’ll cancel that for you now.