Transfer expired domain

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  sydartsretreat · Member · Mar 20, 2016 at 9:42 am

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  I wish to transfer our now expired domain (sydneyartistsetreat.org) to a new registrar. Please assist.

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

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  micawbr · Member · Mar 20, 2016 at 12:20 pm

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  Apparently your domain expired some time ago and is now available on the open marketplace. You should be able to register it now at a new registrar.

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  sydartsretreat · Member · Mar 26, 2016 at 12:20 pm

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  We’ve had it on backorder for some time now and it still has not been released.

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  micawbr · Member · Mar 27, 2016 at 12:22 pm

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  I’m not familiar with backordering domains on WordPress.com so I’ve tagged this for a staff member’s attention.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Mar 27, 2016 at 7:03 pm

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  There are a couple issues here.

  1. The issue is that the WordPress.com user account that you are posting from is not the owner of the sydneyartistsretreat.org domain registration.

  So you must used a second WordPress.com account at some point to purchase the upgrade. You will need to log into the other account in order to access the do anything with sydneyartistsretreat.org.

  2. Domain expiration is a long process:

  Recover an Expired or Cancelled Domain

  It can take months for an expired domain to be released into the pool of available domains. And in some cases, it may be snapped up at auction and never made available to the public.

  If possible, I would encourage you to renew the domain as soon as possible. Once renewed, you can transfer your domain to another registrar using these instruction:

  Transfer a Domain to Another Registrar

  Or you can point it to another webhost using these instructions here:

  Change a Domain’s Name Servers