when can I use a domain name for a blog which has been deleted by previous users

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  adamanduna · Member · Apr 28, 2013 at 6:21 pm

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  a domain name which I would like (talkturkey.wordpress.com) is unavailable and yet the blog has been deleted by the owners. when will this domain name be available again or how can I get in touch with its current users?

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

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  timethief · Member · Apr 28, 2013 at 6:22 pm

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  The short answer is “you can’t”.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 28, 2013 at 6:23 pm

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  Deleted blog URLs are not recycled http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/
  However, 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/

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  adamanduna · Member · Apr 28, 2013 at 6:39 pm

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  thanks for the info,
  I’ve been looking into about 5 different domain names and they are all unavailable – either deleted or opened 5 years ago and never used. Contact information for the owners is not available on their pages. It seems unfair that we cannot contact the owners through WordPress to request a transfer of the domain name they are no longer using.
  I hope that this issue will be addressed again in the future to allow for easier contact between WordPress users.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 28, 2013 at 6:43 pm

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  re: unused blogs

  There is no expiration date on blogs unused or otherwise. If you can make contact on your own with the owner of an unused blog then 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.

  WordPress.com is a business that makes money from upgrades so fairness does not enter the picture here. Providing a free blog with outstanding free features as well as free hosting is what’s on offer as well as upgrades and you can take that or leave it.