Use WP Blog Not Being Used

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  xmatter · Member · Dec 16, 2013 at 10:31 pm

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  I see a couple WP blogs that I would like to use, but they are already registered to other users. The thing is, most are registered years ago and have no content. Is there a way for me to contact the owners and ask them to transfer the rights to myself?

  There are not “contact” links on any of them and they are just barebone, right out of the box blogs. Thanks!

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  timethief · Member · Dec 16, 2013 at 11:03 pm

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  There is no expiration date on blogs unused, reserved or otherwise. If you can make contact with on your own with the owner of an unused blog via a contact form or commenting on the blog, then providing the owner is agreeable there is a means of a consenting blog owner to transfer the blog to another username account. http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#transferring-your-blog-to-another-user-or-account

  In the case that there is no contact information Staff will not breach the privacy policy and provide you with an email address.

  If you are not successful, you can register another blog with a similar name. http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

  Or you can register a domain via a domain mapping upgrade and it will not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com address is.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/