Is there a way to find out exactly when an unused domain will be free to take?
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The .wordpress domain that I want has been free for like a year and I was wondering how I could know exactly when I’ll be able to take it? The page says
‘katiecakes.wordpress.com is no longer available
The authors have deleted this site’The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Note this username account https://en.forums.wordpress.com/profile/katiecakes and know that username accounts cannot be deleted.
Go to this support doc https://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/
Sites already deleted by their authors two or more years ago may become available again, if they present no username or other technical conflicts. Do you see a deleted site with an address you would like to have? You can try registering a new site with that address here. If it is available, it will be yours.
If you clicked the link I provided that was in that relevant and up to date support doc at https://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/ and were not successful then you cannot register that site. It is not available.
Addresses that match a username on WordPress.com are never recycled. There are also a few other cases, like suspended sites, where the addresses cannot be re-used. So in those cases you won’t be able to register the addresses again even if the sites were deleted over two years ago. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/recycle-url?replies=13#post-2785999
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You can register another .wordpress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/
Then if you wish to you can register a domain via a domain mapping upgrade because it does not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com address is when you are domain mapping.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
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So essentially it can not be taken, since it is just abandoned and not available since the account is still active?
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