I need to cancel my domain name, but unable to.

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  rbisesto · Member · Mar 25, 2015 at 3:52 pm

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  The domain name I just selected is wrong. I need to start over, so please delete my domains. I didn’t realize it would have a “dotnet” next to the name.

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

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  timethief · Member · Mar 25, 2015 at 4:26 pm

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  Are you trying to purchase your own domain name?

  The top level domain here is wordpress.com and ever blog hosted by wordpress.com is on a .wordpress.com sub-domain.

  All that changes when you are domain mapping is the URL and nothing else. The content stays exactly where it is. What domain mapping does its create a seamless transfer between the underlying .wordpress.com blog URLs to the domain URLs no matter where they are on the internet. Visitors who click the underlying .wordpress.com blog URLs will be seamlessly redirected to the exact same content under the domain URLs.

  Please read Domains: Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

  In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from, and the domain name you desire must be available for purchase, or you must already own the domain URL.

  If you do not take this step then the software will provide the dot net URL so you can proceed.

  You must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard at > Store > My Upgrades to purchase upgrades for the blog.

  See here if you do not own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

  See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  if you already have a website you don’t want to affect, and you want to add a blog to it under a subdomain (for example, blog.yourgroovydomain.com) see here http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-subdomain/

  After you do the primary blog set up it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.

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  lizthefair · Member · Mar 26, 2015 at 4:31 pm

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  I need to start over, so please delete my domains. I didn’t realize it would have a “dotnet” next to the name.

  The best way to do this is for you to change your blog address. This article explains how to do it, step by step.

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/

  If you get stuck, let me know and I’ll be happy to help.

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  rbisesto · Member · Mar 26, 2015 at 7:24 pm

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  Thanks so much to both of you. I’ve figured it out (I believe). :)

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  lizthefair · Member · Mar 26, 2015 at 8:23 pm

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  Excellent! Let us know if you need anything else.