I want to use the domain name that I used for bluehost which I just canceled.

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  bluedam8258 · Member · Aug 7, 2014 at 10:32 pm

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  I mistakenly signed up for bluehost using a certain domain name but then I cancelled bluehost and I want to use that same domain name for a WordPress.com website?

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  timethief · Member · Aug 7, 2014 at 10:51 pm

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  What is the domain URL? Without providing it here you are dead in the water. Canceling a domain does not guarantee it will be made available to purchase. The registrar can do whatever they want with it including not offering it for sale or auctioning it off to a domain name squatter. There’s a whole industry built around that.

  Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading
  All About Domains http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/all-about-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.

  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 a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog. See here if you do not own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

  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.