Purchased domain for wrong blog.

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  aakuluk · Member · Mar 27, 2012 at 2:50 am

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  Hi –

  I’ve done the same daft thing that everyone else seems to have done. I purchased the domain thereelwriting.com for the wrong blog – it needs to link to anikaablake.wordpress.com (notice the “a” between anika and blake, as there is a very similar blog), NOT aakuluk.wordpress.com. Do I need to refund this and repurchase?

  Thanks.

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

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  auxclass · Member · Mar 27, 2012 at 3:01 am

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  You need to have the staff move the mapping for you. Don’t cancel the domain – it can take up to 90 days for a domain name to revert to the wild.

  Contact

  DON’T DELETE ANYTHING

  I will flag this for the staff also

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 27, 2012 at 9:58 pm

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  I have moved http://thereelwriting.com/ to anikaablake.wordpress.com as requested.

  Please let us know if you need any further assistance!

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  aakuluk · Member · Mar 27, 2012 at 10:15 pm

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  Thanks macmanx, that’s exactly right, but that doesn’t seemed to have worked- does this take a few minutes? If I type in the web address it still goes to the other blog (aakuluk), and if I’m on the right blog (anikaablake) and hit home, it still takes me to aakuluk, and if I type in the domain, it again takes me to aakuluk. Please advise? Sorry for being such a bother.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 27, 2012 at 10:17 pm

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  Domain name changes can take up to 72 hours to propagate but rarely take that long. Please be patient while waiting.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 27, 2012 at 10:18 pm

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  It seems to be working properly for me.

  You might need to clear your browser’s cache: http://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 27, 2012 at 10:19 pm

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  If not, it could still be propagating as timethief mentioned above.