how to get an unused blog name

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  victorney5553 · Member · Apr 18, 2013 at 2:32 pm

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  unused blogs

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

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  timethief · Member · Apr 18, 2013 at 2:38 pm

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  re: unused blogs

  There is no expiration date on blogs unused or otherwise. If you can make contact on your own with the owner of an unused blog then there is a means of a consenting blog owner to transfer the blog to another username account. http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#transferring-your-blog-to-another-user-or-account

  In the case that there is no contact information Staff will not breach the privacy policy and provide you with an email address.

  if you are not successful, 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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  victorney5553 · Member · Apr 19, 2013 at 2:32 pm

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  Thanks for the suggestions. I’ve tried contacting the blog owner but s/he hasn’t replied. For all one knows, s/he has forgotten they have this blog, and no longer uses the provided email address.

  As for the bottom two suggestions, I’ll probably follow one of those routes.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 19, 2013 at 3:13 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes.