how do I start over?

• 

  organicavocadooil · Member · Oct 20, 2014 at 11:03 am

  • Copy link
  • Add topic to favorites

  I have bought the domain name avocado.co.uk, but can’t seem to use it on this site? I’ve tried avocad for the blog but it says its’ been taken, so I put in organicavocadooil but now i’ve changed my mind. How do I start all over again please?! Regards, Claire

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

• 

  raincoaster · Member · Oct 20, 2014 at 11:29 am

  • Copy link

  http://avocado.co.uk/ is parked; you have not bought it. You will have to negotiate with whoever owns it.

  Why don’t you just buy the domain name and then buy domain mapping separately from your dashboard to attach the website URL to the blog? Then the underlying blog URL doesn’t really matter.

• 

  organicavocadooil · Member · Oct 20, 2014 at 11:47 am

  • Copy link

  Thank you for your reply, however I don’t really understand what you are talking about (I’m a complete novice). What does parked mean? A friend of mine paid £6 for the avocado.co.uk name and it needs paying every 2 years if I understand?
  Thanks

• 

  raincoaster · Member · Oct 20, 2014 at 11:50 am

  • Copy link

  Here are the instructions for mapping a domain you own elsewhere to WordPress.com:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/