Renew Expired Domain Name

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  jenia · Member · Jan 4, 2013 at 10:33 pm

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  Hi Sagar, as I mentioned in my email, the additional $80 redemption fee is set by the registrar, and we have no control over it. There were email notifications as well as dashboard warnings informing you about the upcoming domain expiration. I am sorry I was not able to help more.

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  sagarsbhandare · Member · Jan 5, 2013 at 7:17 am

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  Hi Jenia,

  Yes I can understand the situation from your end. Next time onward I will renew my new domain in time.

  Regards,
  Sagar

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  auxclass · Member · Jan 5, 2013 at 8:14 am

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  @sagarsbhandare – it looks like your domain name might be dropping out of Redemption soon back into the wild – you might be able to buy it again at the regular price if you are lucky

  @jenia – would it help @@sagarsbhandare if you cleared his old domain name from his blog to make it easier for him if he wants to try and buy the old domain name?

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  jenia · Member · Jan 5, 2013 at 3:58 pm

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  Sagar, if you wish, I can remove the subscription record from your blog. I see that the primary domain has been changed to khagolvishwa.wordpress.com, where your content is available.

  @auxclass: unfortunately, deleting the subscription records does not free up the domain or make it available sooner once it’s past its expiration date.

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  auxclass · Member · Jan 5, 2013 at 4:14 pm

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  I know it does not change the timing but I have seen a few times where it seemed that the blog held onto the fact that a domain name had been associated with that blog and the person was not able to purchase the original domain name even after it had reverted to the wild and they needed some sort of help to clear something on the blog to let the domain name be purchased again –

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  sagarsbhandare · Member · Jan 5, 2013 at 5:12 pm

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  Hi Jenia,

  yes please, you can remove subscription record.
  Later I will register suitable domain and redirect my blog to it.

  Thanks,
  Sagar

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  jenia · Member · Jan 7, 2013 at 3:19 pm

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  @sagarsbhandare: I’ve removed your subscription records as requested.

  @auxclass: I think you are referring to re-registering the domain on WordPress.com once it’s expired. The system does ask the user to contact us if a subscription record still exists, so that we can check if the domain is still in redemption.

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  philomenedubois · Member · Jan 8, 2013 at 7:39 pm

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  Hello,
  I am also experiencing difficulty renewing my domain name, which is:
  the-perfumed-garden.com (on go-daddy, thru wordpress.com)

  Can u please send me a link to renew?
  Thanks,
  Philomene
  fyi: I have a new email address: (email visible only to moderators and staff)

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  jenia · Member · Jan 9, 2013 at 1:24 pm

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  @philomenedubois: hi there, your domain expired a while ago and you can re-register it at this point. You can do it under Store > Domains, enter it under “Add a Domain” and follow the prompts.

  For anyone else having difficulties renewing a domain, please contact us via http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/