Registering Domain Name

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    revert0905 · Member ·

    I am currently on a two week trial of the £70/year and chose to get my own custom domain name.

    The issue I am having is no matter what I type in, I get a message saying “this domain name is registered” on the ‘register a new domain’ page. At first I typed in all possible and relevant domain names for my website and they were taken. So I got curious and typed in a whole bunch of random letters and added ‘.com’ at the end and it still said that domain name (a whole bunch of random letters.com) is registered!

    I literally typed in random letters a few more times adding .com at the end and yet again same thing.

    Am I missing a trick?

    NB: I am a newbie

    Thanks!

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    timethief · Member ·

    Hi there,
    I could be wrong but it does not sound like you were using the correct process for mapping a domain. In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from, and the domain name you desire must be available for purchase, or you must already own the domain URL.

    You must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard at > Store > My Upgrades to purchase upgrades for the blog.

    See here if you do not own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

    See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
    A self-hosted WordPress site might be right for you. WordPress.org offers free software that you can install on a web server. You can upload and install themes and plugins, run ads, conduct ecommerce and edit the database. Learn about the differences here. http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

    re: remaining hosted by WordPress and mapping domains
    if you already have a website you don’t want to affect, and you want to add a blog to it under a subdomain (for example, blog.yourgroovydomain.com) see here http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-subdomain/

    After you do the primary blog set up it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.

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    timethief · Member ·

    See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

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