How to get an expired wordpress.com domain

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  vivoingiappone · Member · Jul 3, 2015 at 11:36 am

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  Hello, I want to obtain an expired wordpress.com domain.
  On the page of that domain I read

  “is no longer available. The authors have deleted this site.”

  When the domain will become newly available?

  Thanks.

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  richardolga2078 · Member · Jul 3, 2015 at 12:45 pm

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  Follow the link to solve your issue.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 4, 2015 at 3:29 pm

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  @vivoingiappone

  “is no longer available. The authors have deleted this site.”
  When the domain will become newly available?

  WordPress.COM site deletion is a permanent and irreversible act and there are multple warnings to that effect that one has to ignore to delete any wordpress.COM blog. https://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

  I am sorry but you cannot register a deleted blog URL. No one can use a deleted blog URL regardless of who registered it. Deleted blog URLs are not recycled here and you can confirm by reading:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/delete-blog/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  However, 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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  johnparilla · Member · Jul 4, 2015 at 3:55 pm

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  @timethief : I have a question up in support that hasn’t received a response and I was wondering if you could help me. I registered a domain through wordpress but within 48 hours refunded it for certain reason. I now want it back but it shows as unavailable. This all happened in the last few days. Do you know how, if ever, I can get this domain back?

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  timethief · Member · Jul 4, 2015 at 4:03 pm

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  @johnparilla
  Please use this link to create your own thread by copying and pasting that text in to it https://en.forums.wordpress.com/?new=1

  What’s critical is to provide the URL of the domain in question, then 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 Then please subscribe to it so you are notified when they respond. To subscribe look in the sidebar of the new thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.

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  justjennifer · Member · Jul 4, 2015 at 4:04 pm

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  @johnparilla-I’ve replied to your earlier forum thread here. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/want-my-cancelledrefunded-domain-name-back?replies=4#post-2419397