Unable to register a new domain

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  karankarayi · Member · May 6, 2015 at 6:14 pm

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  Hello.

  I am trying to register a new domain (curiousepicurean.com) and map it to my WordPress blog. The domain name is showing as available when I try to register it, but when I click on ‘Register Now’ and try to map it to my blog, I get an error message saying “The domain name you entered is already mapped to a WordPress.com blog.”

  I believe that while signing up an hour back I might have claimed that URL somehow, but for the love of me I can’t see proof of that within any of the settings.

  I’m been trying to crack this and am running into a dead end. Any ideas what I need to do to register that domain and map it to my blog? Thanks.

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

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  ariwinokur · Member · May 6, 2015 at 6:23 pm

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  I am seeing some curious results when researching that domain name. Because of this, I have tagged this thread so that it can be addressed by a staff member. Please make sure you are subscribed to this thread so that you know when the staff member responds. You can subscribe by clicking the “Subscribe to Topic” link on the right.

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  lizthefair · Member · May 6, 2015 at 6:43 pm

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  I made an adjustment behind the scenes and you should be able to register the domain now.

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  karankarayi · Member · May 6, 2015 at 6:55 pm

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  Thanks ariwinokur, liz.

  I can indeed proceed to try and register the domain, but when I attempt to proceed with the purchase by clicking on the appropriate button, all I get is the button greying out and there being no activity whatsoever on the page.

  I don’t imagine the payment has gone through and I am in a sense still stuck on square one. Could this be an internet connectivity issue?

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  lizthefair · Member · May 6, 2015 at 7:20 pm

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  Could this be an internet connectivity issue?

  I just went as far through the payment process as I could without registering the domain, and I was able to get the site to work as expected; so it could be a connectivity issue. Could you go somewhere with a more reliable connection and try again?

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  karankarayi · Member · May 7, 2015 at 3:23 am

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  Yup, it was an internet connectivity issue as far as payments go, it’s all good now. Thanks for your help Liz!

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  lizthefair · Member · May 7, 2015 at 1:34 pm

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  Yay! Glad it’s all worked out :)