I let a domain expire, and now my WP.com website is inaccessible…why?!

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  skellermwd1 · Member · Dec 30, 2015 at 7:56 pm

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  I used the domain marketing-by-web-design.com for a year, and figured the “wordpress.com” was easier than the hyphens, so I let it expire. Now, when I try to go to the marketingbywebdesign.wordpress.com, I get a nasty error page…

  Uh oh! Your blog’s domain marketing-by-web-design.com expired yesterday!

  The domain marketing-by-web-design.com was registered on December 29, 2014. It is configured to redirect traffic to the web address marketingbywebdesign.wordpress.com.

  However, this domain name expired on Tuesday, December 29, 2015. It needs to be renewed every year to stay active or otherwise it will be lost. Please renew marketing-by-web-design.com below now before it’s too late — It’s quick and easy:

  Renew now
  at $18 per year
  or
  cancel this domain

  Your blog’s domain marketing-by-web-design.com stopped functioning today and visitors who come to the web address marketing-by-web-design.com cannot find your site any more.

  What’s going on??

  Thanks,
  Steve

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  skellermwd1 · Member · Dec 30, 2015 at 8:13 pm

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  Well, I’ll be…the site is up! Must have just been a transition, or maybe it was that I actually cancelled the other domain.

  Steve