My website was expired and was deleted

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    preciouscamilia · Member ·

    I thought if I deleted the expired website I could purchase again for $18 instead of $98. Can you please provide a link to purchase domain again? The domain after I deleted it still has it registered. Please advise. Thank you

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    preciouscamilia · Member ·

    How can I get the domain back if it expired and was deleted? I thought if I deleted the site I could go back in and register the domain again so I didn’t have to pay $98 to renew it. Please advise. Thank you

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    aisajib · Member ·

    Hi there!

    Your domain at preciouscamilia.com is currently in a stage called pendingDelete. Domains can’t be restored at this stage. It will be available for registration in about a week (from when the domain entered this stage).

    We can’t notify you when the domain becomes available again, so your best chance is to check several times every day to see if the domain is available again. Here’s how to register a new domain:

    WP
    Domains » Register a New Domain
    in WordPress.com Support
    5 min read
    Every WordPress.com site comes with a free .wordpress.com address, for example: yourgroovysite.wordpress.com. You may want to customize your site address, essentially removing the “wordpress.com” part of the site address, for example, yourgroovydomain.com. Register a Domain With WordPress.com Your custom domain is free for the first year with any annual or multi-year WordPress.com plan!

    For future reference, you should never cancel or let a domain expire if you wish to keep using it. Canceling a domain can make it more expensive and sometimes impossible to get it back. When a domain expires, it goes through several stages.

    Canceling at any stage of the domain expiration process does not make it available again. You may wish to keep auto-renewal turned on in the future to ensure your domain is renewed before it expires.

    Also, if you’d like to set the domain as the primary address of your WordPress.com site, you will need a WordPress.com plan. A plan will let you set your domain as the primary address of your site so that the WordPress.com address is not visible to your visitors.

    May I know if you’re planning to build a new site with the domain? Or do you want to just register the domain for now?

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    preciouscamilia · Member ·

    Hello, I want to register the domain and later build a new site with the domain. I appreciate the quick response.

    Thank you for your assistance.

  • supernovia · Staff ·

    Apologies; I just sent a response and then realized I’d need to revise: this domain is already pendingDelete, so it’s too late for us to restore it on our side, even if we were to send an invoice.

    But so long as no one else buys it first, you can purchase it as soon as it’s released. I’d recommend checking once each day for the next several days to see if it’s available again. Once you have that, just be sure to keep the domain renewed. You can add a plan for it later, when you’re ready. Cheers!

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