Problems activating my website on a domain hosted elsewhere

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  rotarytlpf · Member · Sep 16, 2019 at 2:18 am

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  When I try to Launch my site, and point it to a domain I already own, I get the following error:
  ‘This domain was recently in use by someone else and is not available to map yet. Please try again later or contact support.’

  I have waited nearly a week, hoping it would resolve itself, but message is still there. Does anyone know how to resolve this?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  byteofgrace · Member · Sep 16, 2019 at 10:41 am

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  Hi there,

  What’s the domain name in question?

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  rotarytlpf · Member · Sep 16, 2019 at 1:15 pm

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  Hi Grace, it is rtlpf.org.au.

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  byteofgrace · Member · Sep 16, 2019 at 1:46 pm

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  Thanks, @rotarytlpf.

  I can see that rtlpf.org.au is pointing to WordPress.com servers. Have you already purchased a plan at WordPress.com? A paid plan is necessary because, without it, you won’t be able to launch that site. If you’ve purchased a plan and are still unable to launch the site, you’ll be assisted in due time by a member of staff. This thread has been tagged for their attention.

  Here’s the link to plans: https://wordpress.com/pricing/

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 16, 2019 at 4:58 pm

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  The domain was mapped to a deleted site.

  What site would you like it mapped to now?

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  rotarytlpf · Member · Sep 17, 2019 at 3:58 am

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  Hi Macmanx, I want it mapped to rtlpf.org.au.

  I had originally mapped an earlier effort at a WordPress website to this domain, but confused myself and decided to delete it and start again, with this result.

  I hope you can advise me!

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Sep 17, 2019 at 4:32 pm

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  Hi –

  The domain is rtlpf.org.au and it needs to get mapped to a free site address on your WordPress.com account. That will pull it in to the account. We can map it to https://rtlpforg.wordpress.com/ which is the only free site address that I see on your account. Is that what you want?