Unable to register URL

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  sidelinesrb · Member · Oct 28, 2016 at 10:14 pm

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  I was trying to change the name of my blog, starting from the actual URL. WordPress.com keeps saying that the name I had chosen is taken. Obviously, you can’t have two blogs by the same name, but when I looked up the site (with the name I was trying to get) online, a page appeared saying “NOTHING FOUND”.

  So if there isn’t a blog registered by the name I had picked out, why can’t I use it?

  Thanks in advance.

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

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  timethief · Member · Oct 28, 2016 at 10:23 pm

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  What is the exact URL starting with http:// of the wordpress.COM hosted site you refer to please?

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  timethief · Member · Oct 28, 2016 at 10:26 pm

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  When we register a username account the matching blog URL is reserved for our future use. It cannot be obtained by anyone other than the person who has registered the matching username account.

  If and only if you have registered the matching username account log out, clear your browser cache https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-your-browser-cache and cookies https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-wordpress-com-cookies. Then log in under the correct username account and as the blog is reserved for you and you will register it after logging in under the correct username account.
  https://signup.wordpress.com/signup/?user=1

  However, if you changed your username then the blog URL will not be available for use under the new username account.