Renewing an expired domain

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  thisiswhywetravelco · Member · Feb 22, 2017 at 9:52 pm

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  I let my domain (that I purchased through WordPress) expire about a year ago because I wasn’t using the site anymore. I want to pick the site back up again and am trying to upgrade my account to get the domain back, but I’m getting an error message when I go to check out – it’s telling me the request is more than 730 days old and won’t let me check out. Any help on how I can complete my check out successfully? Thank you!

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  timethief · Member · Feb 22, 2017 at 9:53 pm

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  What is the domain URL?

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  thisiswhywetravelco · Member · Feb 22, 2017 at 9:54 pm

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  http://www.thisishowitravel.com

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  timethief · Member · Feb 22, 2017 at 9:57 pm

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  Expired means over, dead, done and finished. https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-expiration/

  Please read:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-expiration/#domain-released
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-expiration/#please-remember

  As no one has purchased the thisishowyoutravel.com which is not registered yet you simply start over with a new domain purchase.

  Adding a domain to your site (either registering a new domain or mapping one you already own) requires a WordPress.com plan.

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  gemmacevans · Member · Feb 23, 2017 at 10:39 am

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  Hi there,

  thisishowitravel.com expired on 2016-01-14 and is now owned by someone else. As a result, you will not be able to re-register it through WordPress.com.

  am trying to upgrade my account to get the domain back, but I’m getting an error message when I go to check out – it’s telling me the request is more than 730 days old

  Are you trying to purchase a WordPress.com plan? Can you paste the error message in to your reply to me?

  Once I know more, I’ll have a look at what is happening.