How to change name?

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  upwegrow123 · Member · Jan 19, 2016 at 2:54 am

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  I want our site to upwegrow123.wordpress.com, but it keeps showing upwegrow123com.wordpress.com
  Please help

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  timethief · Member · Jan 19, 2016 at 2:57 am

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  https://upwegrow123.wordpress.com doesn’t exist The address upwegrow123.wordpress.com cannot be registered. Sorry, that site is reserved!

  When we register a username account the matching blog is reserved for our future use. It cannot be obtained by anyone other than the person who has registered the matching username account.

  In this case, that matching username account is https://en.forums.wordpress.com/profile/jonahraeh

  If you own the username account then you can log out, clear your browser cache and cookies
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-your-browser-cache
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-wordpress-com-cookies
  Then log in as Admin under the correct matching username account and register the blog. http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

  If you do not own that account, or if you did and then changed it, then you can register another blog with a similar name. http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

  Or you can register a domain via a domain mapping upgrade and it will not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com address is.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/

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  timethief · Member · Jan 19, 2016 at 2:59 am

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  YIKES!

  I meant to replace that with

  In this case, that matching username account is https://en.forums.wordpress.com/profile/upwegrow123

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  upwegrow123 · Member · Jan 19, 2016 at 3:20 am

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  This is what I don't understand.upwegrow123.wordpress.com is reserved for me. upwegrow123 is my username
  the website through in a com after my username

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  timethief · Member · Jan 19, 2016 at 3:21 am

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  Type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for Staff help. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Please subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Jan 20, 2016 at 11:08 pm

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  Hi there,

  I see that you were able to create upwegrow123.wordpress.com successfully. Great!

  Please let me know if you have any other questions or issues. Thanks!

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  upwegrow123 · Member · Jan 21, 2016 at 12:09 am

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  Darnelldibbles… I’m it sure I did. My blog…I did, but that’s diff than a website…right? Are they diff & what makes them diff?

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  upwegrow123 · Member · Jan 21, 2016 at 12:11 am

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  See, I got this as my blog, but our website is upwegrow123site.wordpress.com
  Just confused where to send people, the diff in the 2, can they both be just upwegrow123…?

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Jan 21, 2016 at 2:07 pm

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  I did, but that’s diff than a website…right? Are they diff & what makes them diff?

  In general,

  For definition’s sake, a blog is a type of website that shows the newest content at the top of the page. A blog can also be one part of a website with multiple pages.

  from: https://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/

  A website usually consists of static content that is not updated as regularly. A blog post has dynamic content via posts that are usually updated periodically. A website can contain a blog. So, you can have one website for upwegrow123 and use it as a website but have a blog post page on the site. The link above will provide information on how to set that up.

  Let me know if you have any questions.

  Thanks!