Transferring Blog to Blog

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  sethmichael1 · Member · Jul 14, 2013 at 4:50 am

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  Hi, I own GuTTWrenchPowerBlog.com and I would like to own sportsentertainment.com which is available. I recently renewed my subscription but wanted to know if it was possible to transfer my money to sports entertainment.com or if I have to make an additional purchase? Thank you.

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

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jul 15, 2013 at 4:17 pm

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  Hi there, domains are only refundable for 48 hours after their initial purchase, so you’ll need to register the new domain separately. Thanks!

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  sethmichael1 · Member · Jul 15, 2013 at 8:23 pm

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  Is there any way to get the contact information of the person who owns sportsentertainment.wordpress.com?

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jul 15, 2013 at 8:40 pm

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  Hi Seth, we don’t give out users’ contact information for privacy reasons. Is there anything I might be able to help you with?

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  sethmichael1 · Member · Jul 15, 2013 at 8:42 pm

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  Well, it seems as though someone created this blog in 2005 or 2006 and never used it. There are no posts and it looks just like it would if you created and blog and then did nothing. I am very interested in the sports entertainment name for my blog so I wanted to see if I could ask the owner about getting control of the site. Because they have sportsentertainment.wordpress.com I can’t get that or sportsentertainment.com

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jul 15, 2013 at 9:03 pm

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  The only way to reach that user would be to try leaving a comment on their site, since we don’t recycle blog addresses.

  Something to keep in mind is that WordPress.com subdomains (like sportsentertainment.wordpress.com) and custom domains (like sportsentertainment.com) are completely separate entities. Having one doesn’t automatically entitle you to the other – it’s a first-come, first-served process on both sides. The domain sportsentertainment.com has been registered since 2001, as you can see in the whois domain database results:

  Name 	CLOUD GROUP LIMITED
  Expires On 	June 01, 2014
  Registered On 	June 01, 2001
  Updated On 	June 01, 2013

  It is currently owned by someone in Korea.

  Just let me know if you need further help.

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  sethmichael1 · Member · Jul 15, 2013 at 9:06 pm

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  Ok. Thank you so much for your help. When I try going to sportsentertainment.com it never works. I get a server not found message. I will comment on that blog and again thanks for your help!

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jul 15, 2013 at 9:20 pm

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  No problem! Lots of domains are in fact registered, but may not have a live site connected to them. Searching for the domain in a domain database such as the one under Store > Domains will reveal whether the domain is registered or not. If it is, you’ll see a warning like this:
  http://cl.ly/image/2h0O2Q2P2O14

  Just let me know if you need further help.