Release time-frame for domains

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  crosspointemedia · Member · Jul 30, 2017 at 10:17 pm

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  I am switching from WordPress to another service. I should have done more reading on it before I acted, but I un-registered my domain with plans to purchase it again from another site (GoDaddy). Now that I’m typing it out, it sounds like a stupid mistake. My question is how long will it be before the domain is available to purchase again, but through GoDaddy?

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  timethief · Member · Jul 30, 2017 at 10:23 pm

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  What is the domain URL please?

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  crosspointemedia · Member · Jul 30, 2017 at 11:11 pm

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  http://www.crosspointemedia.com is the domain URL that I had.

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  gemmacevans · Member · Jul 31, 2017 at 9:49 am

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  Hi crosspointemedia,

  My question is how long will it be before the domain is available to purchase again, but through GoDaddy?

  crosspointemedia.com won’t be released until the original expiry date — 2018-07-23. However, I can restore the domain for you now. The domain costs haven’t been refunded yet so there won’t be any additional charges.

  Once the domain has been restored, it can be transferred to GoDaddy 60 days after the registration date. This 60 day lock is required by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and cannot be waived:

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

  In the meantime, crosspointemedia.com can be pointed to another site hosted elsewhere. I can send instructions if this is something you would like to do.

  Please let me know if you’d like me to go ahead and restore the domain.

  Thanks!

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  crosspointemedia · Member · Jul 31, 2017 at 1:02 pm

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  That would be great if you could release that back to me. And if you could send me those instructions for hosting on another site, that’d be great too.

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  gemmacevans · Member · Jul 31, 2017 at 3:34 pm

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  Hi crosspointemedia,

  That would be great if you could release that back to me.

  Sure, I’ve restored the domain and it is now active on your site:

  https://wordpress.com/domains/manage/

  Until crosspointemedia.com is ready for transfer, the name servers can be pointed to another site using these steps:

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

  Come back to me if you have any questions.