I need to get this domain

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  chrisstewartlakes · Member · Jun 26, 2019 at 10:14 pm

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  Hello,

  can you help be re-register http://www.thelakescommunity.com?

  it went into the grace period, i know it is $80, just let me know how to get that back

  Thanks,

  Chris

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

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Jun 26, 2019 at 10:45 pm

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  Hi there,

  We can get the restoration of thelakescommunity.com started for you, but first, we’ll need to have you post in this thread under the account connected to that domain to confirm ownership. The account you are contacting us from isn’t the account that owns the domain.

  Thanks,

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  lakecountryhomewatch · Member · Jun 26, 2019 at 10:49 pm

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  This account was the previous owner of the account

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 26, 2019 at 10:53 pm

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  The domain name thelakescommunity.com was not owned by that account either.

  You would have received several email warnings both before and shortly after it expired, so log in with the email address that those were received at.

  If you’re having trouble with that, we have some recommendations at https://en.support.wordpress.com/account-recovery/

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  chrisstewartlakes · Member · Jun 26, 2019 at 10:57 pm

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  the previous owner was @thelakescommunity

  they are no longer with us, but the association still needs this url… what can we do?

  Chris

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 26, 2019 at 11:02 pm

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  We need to hear from the owner of the domain, we consider the account that purchased and holds the domain to be the owner.

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  chrisstewartlakes · Member · Jun 26, 2019 at 11:03 pm

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  but I am an Admin if the account, that should be enough

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 26, 2019 at 11:06 pm

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  No, we do consider the owner of the domain to be the individual who purchased it.

  We will need to hear from them to at least renew the domain or have that ownership transferred to you.

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  lakecountryhomewatch · Member · Jul 17, 2019 at 5:20 pm

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  I have a Letter from the associations granting me access. Can we get this done with that?

  Chris

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 17, 2019 at 6:27 pm

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  The domain fully expired since we last spoke, and now appears to be owned by someone else.

  It is no longer under our control.

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  lakecountryhomewatch · Member · Jul 17, 2019 at 8:03 pm

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  you are kidding me

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 17, 2019 at 10:03 pm

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  I am not. Renewing the domain is the responsibility of the domain owner, and the domain expiration process is outside of our control: https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-expiration/

  During our original contact, it was in the Redemption Period, during which it could have been recovered for an extra fee, again only by the domain owner: https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-expiration/#redemption-period

  At some point during the three weeks since the last we spoke, the domain re-entered the public market and was purchased by this individual on July 9: https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=thelakescommunity.com