Letting domain expire

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  aletamay · Member · Jun 23, 2011 at 5:04 pm

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  What will happen if I let this domain expire? Will it revert to the wordpress domain?

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  timethief · Member · Jun 23, 2011 at 5:07 pm

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  Yes every link will be broken and all links will revert to the WordPress.com root blog links. Any person clicking on the domain links will experience a “404” (page not found). The domain name will go up for auction. Getting it back will not be either easy or inexpensive.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 23, 2011 at 5:13 pm

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  Allowing a domain name and domain mapping upgrade to expire creates a nightmare for your readers and you stand to lose the majority of them. All the posts and pages producing “404’s” broken links will have to be re-indexed by the search engines under the wordpress.com root blog URL and this takes time. I do not advise purchasing a domain name and domain mapping upgrade, unless you are serious about continuing to blog over the long term.

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  auxclass · Member · Jun 23, 2011 at 5:20 pm

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  You would have a “Server Not Found” error for anyone that tried to click on a link to your expired domain name – they would then have no real way to get to your site – I think it would be much worse than @TT has indicated.

  Your content would be safe on the base blog that your expired domain was mapped to, but everyone would have a tough time finding you, both casual visitors and any regular visitors.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 23, 2011 at 5:22 pm

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  ~~ auxclass
  G’day to you. I agree that I did not emphasize enough what bad results flow from failing to renew a domain.