Expired Domain

  • Unknown's avatar
    harrymanners · Member ·

    Hi there,
    I registered a domain through wordpress.com last year, but it unfortunately expired while I was travelling. I’m trying to re-purchase, but the domain shows as already registered via a third-party company. I called the company and they say wordpress is given rights to use their name as registrar, so I need to go through wordpress.
    However, I have no information from wordpress about how to do this, nor was I informed that it would expire.
    When I look to upgrade to premium on the wordpress site, my domain is listed as unavailable and already registered, but the whois search lists the domain as still registered under the third party (and therefore wordpress).
    Please advise on how to go about re-registering the domain.

    Many thanks in advance.

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

  • staff-doublebassd · Staff ·

    Hey there,

    I looked into your domain and found out that harrymanners.com is now in a redemption period. You can still renew your domain through us, but it is now a more expensive and complicated process to do so. Our registrar charges an $80 late renewal fee in addition to the $26 we charge to renew the domain. The good news is that this is still a chance of reclaiming the domain through this option.

    Your other option is to wait until the redemption period is over so that the domain becomes available for registration again. Domains are usually in redemption for approximately 80 days, but with this option, you run
    the risk of someone else jumping in front of you to purchase the domain before you get the chance.

    Please let me know if you want to proceed with paying the late renewal fee in the attempt to reclaim the domain name. This option is also time sensitive because the domain can be auctioned off to an expired domain bidder.

    I would suggest enabling the auto-renew option so that you will not have to worry about losing control over your domain in the future.

    Please visit the support page link for further instructions:

    Domain Expiration

    Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

  • Unknown's avatar
    harrymanners · Member ·

    Hi Darnell,

    Thanks for getting back to me. I’ll wait for the domain to be released, as it’s only a parked domain for my main site right now.

    Thanks again for the help. Take care.

    Harry Manners

  • staff-doublebassd · Staff ·

    Not a problem!

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