move domain name

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    garryhill630b6f38e2 · Member ·

    I registered for wordpress.com and purchased domain sea-fmca.com. I have since cancelled my wordpress.com account but kept the domain name. Need help transferring domain to new host NS1(2).WINHOST.COM

    Self-declared URL: sea-fmca.com
    Jetpack: Unknown
    WP.com: Unknown

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  • staff-doublebassd · Staff ·

    Hey there,

    If you want to use your domain at a different host, you should never cancel it at your current host – once you decide to cancel your domain, there is no guarantee that you will be able to reacquire it in the future. Someone else could gain access to it. Also, it usually takes a few weeks for your domain registration to clear and become available once you cancel it. There isn’t an exact time, however, so you’ll be checking consistently to see when it becomes available.

    If you want to keep using your domain but you don’t want to use WordPress.com anymore, you don’t have to cancel it. Instead, you can move the domain to another site

    https://en.support.wordpress.com/transfer-domain-registration/

    For more information on using the domain elsewhere, please see:

    https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/move-domain/

    If you recently registered the domain, you have to wait 60 days before you can transfer your domain to a different host, but in the meantime, you can use the domain with your site by pointing the nameservers over to your new host:

    https://en.support.wordpress.com/change-name-servers/

    I’ll be happy to see if we can restore the domain back to your account, but I cannot guarantee that we will be able to get the domain back.

    Let me know if you would like me to try and regain the domain for you.

    Thanks!

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