Using a domain name containing åäö – impossible?!

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  linneachristina · Member · Jan 18, 2017 at 11:35 am

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  My client has bought a domain name containing special characters å and ä. Now they want me to point it to their WordPress.com site. But when I try to do so, WordPress tells me that the domain name doesn’t seem to be a valid one.

  I’ve tried using an IDN converter, but it doesn’t help…

  Is there any solution to this problem, or does my client need to buy a new domain without these characters?

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

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  justjennifer · Member · Jan 20, 2017 at 6:43 pm

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  To the best of my knowledge WordPressdotcom does not support purchasing domain names using special characters. However, I’ve tagged this thread for Staff input as to whether it is possible to map such a domain.

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  supernovia · Staff · Jan 20, 2017 at 6:49 pm

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  Hi @linneachristina, we’ve been able to do this with a converter before. I’ll get in touch via email so you can tell us the domain, and if you’ll add a plan we can try mapping it for you.

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  justjennifer · Member · Jan 20, 2017 at 6:51 pm

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  @supernovia – thanks for that update. I was just coming back to add that according to this Support document, it was not possible. :)

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  supernovia · Staff · Jan 20, 2017 at 6:57 pm

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  Thanks @justjennifer. I guess it’s possible things have changed, but I’ve made it work with some finessing before, so I’ll try that first and we’ll go from there, updating the document as needed.