What happens after cancellation of a domain?

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    crepethepancake · Member ·

    If you cancel a domain/the domain expires, what happens? Can you then, later on, repurchase the rights to the domain? An example would be, I am interested in (eventually) purchasing the rights to crepethepancake.com, but, as I do not have a constant income, I cannot confirm that I would be able to pay every year. If, after the domain expires, it returns to crepethepancake.wordpress.com, I want to repurchase crepethepancake.com, would that be possible? Or is that domain gone forever?

    Thank you- I had a look at the information on domains, but was still a little confused. I am in no state to purchase as of now, but I am very seriously considering it for the future.

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    assadaboultaif · Member ·

    Hi there!

    For most TLDs registered through WordPress.com, an expired domain falls into a grace period for about 10 days to two weeks. During this short window, the domain can be renewed at the regular price. If you experience difficulty renewing your domain during this time, go to the Help section. There will be a link to contact Support for further assistance.

    For more information, read the following guide: https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-expiration/

    Hope this helps!

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    timethief · Member ·

    What happens after cancellation of a domain?

    Cancelling domains
    It is important to know that cancelled domains are not released by the registrar immediately. Also note that here’s no guarantee you’ll be able to use a domain again as it may be sold to someone else. Therefore you should cancel a domain, if and only if, you are sure you do not wish to use it again.

    When canceling a domain mapping upgrade or allowing a domain to expire, the domain URLs will revert automatically to the underlying .wordpress.com URLs but do read on.

    Canceling a domain mapping upgrade is not a good idea. Do not purchase any upgrade containing domain mapping if you are not intending to be in this for the long haul.

    If you allow a domain to expire or you cancel an upgrade that includes domain mapping the content is still available under the .wordpress.com URL however there’s a HUGE impact.

    Every link to the domain URLs no matter where it appears in search engines and on the internet as well as every internal link to your earlier content will be broken. When clicked they will all produce 404 (page not found) errors.

    All authority the domain URLs earned that contributed to the site’s page rank will be gone. In essence, removing domain mapping means you are throwing that away and the blog begins from zero. Thereafter you will be hard pressed to publish enough content rapidly to drive the search results to the broken links down in the SERPs (search engine page results).

    It will take up to 3 months before search engines re-index the content under the underlying .wordpress.com URLs. Then the content will begin to appear in search engines results and when clicked those links will direct to the content rather than being broken links.

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