I want an unused domain

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  crazygastro · Member · May 21, 2014 at 1:06 pm

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  The reserved domain: gastro.wordpress.com
  Only used in 2006 – still inactive.
  I want this domain to use for my blog, which is telling stories about gastro.

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

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  kokkieh · Staff · May 21, 2014 at 2:01 pm

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  WordPress does not transfer domains owned by other bloggers, nor do they recycle deleted URLs. See here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  You can try leaving a comment on the blog asking him/her to transfer the blog to you and hope the owner still receives notifications from that blog. Else you’ll have to pick a different URL or register a custom domain.

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  crazygastro · Member · May 21, 2014 at 2:22 pm

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  Crazy and confusing, I found some domains, which are reserved since more than 7 years, they are not used.
  It seems the creators want to make money with.
  This behaviour definitely is bad for blog systems.

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  timethief · Member · May 21, 2014 at 2:48 pm

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  make contact on your own with the owner of an unused blog via a contact form or commenting, then providing the are agreeable 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/

  Crazy and confusing, I found some domains, which are reserved since more than 7 years, they are not used.

  If you are into blogging over the long term this reality won’t phase you at all because you will be purchasing your own domain. 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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  timethief · Member · May 21, 2014 at 2:49 pm

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  oops! I missed posting my first sentence above. Sorry about that.

  There is no expiration date on blogs unused, reserved or otherwise. If you can …

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  crazygastro · Member · May 21, 2014 at 3:06 pm

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  Thx, I know the mapping system.

  BUT: I started blogging just this month and think long term.
  Right now I’m not willing to spend any money – as long as I don’t know more about the blog-response.

  Again, many thx and all the best.

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  timethief · Member · May 21, 2014 at 3:14 pm

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  You’re welcome and all the best to you too.