Domain Mapping Testers

July 30, 2006

Matt

We need some testers for the domain mapping feature of WordPress.com. This probably only applies to you if you’re tech savvy enough to already own a domain and know how to change the info on it. (For now, when we actually launch it’ll be much easier and have documentation.)

The first 8 people to comment get the feature for free, but to qualify you…

  • Must already own a domain.
  • The nameservers must be set to ns1.wordpress.com and ns2.wordpress.com

Domain parking allows your blog to be something like example.com instead of example.wordpress.com.

Leave a comment with the domain you want to park. I’ll check the whois for the nameserver information and if it’s correct you get to be a domain parking beta testing. 🙂

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  1. eric Jul 30th at 7:01 pm

    oh please please i think i’m actually first! please let me in. i already forward my domain, i’d love to park it instead!

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  2. eric Jul 30th at 7:05 pm

    ohhhhh. i guess i need to leave a domain. i use http://www.n1s.net

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  3. quotes Jul 30th at 7:26 pm

    I am willing to try this.

    http://www.morefunnyjokes.com/ is available.

    I have removed the forwarding and updated the DNS.

    If you can map morefunnyjokes.wordpress.com to that, I will give it a workout.

    Thank you,

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  4. Linh760Li Jul 30th at 7:39 pm

    Yeah, i want to be a first tester.

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  5. barreview Jul 30th at 7:55 pm

    domain to park : barrev.org
    pointing to : barreview.wordpress.com
    name servers have just been modified

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  6. Linh760Li Jul 30th at 7:55 pm

    This is my domain nh-gosu.com, i already modified dns to ns1.wordpress.com and ns2.wordpress.com.

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  7. Wrathchild Jul 30th at 8:00 pm

    Hey, sign me up.

    http://wrathchild.wordpress.com/

    http://wrathchild.us/

    (I just registered it, so it might take a bit for the whois information to propagate.)

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  8. Brent Jul 30th at 8:03 pm

    I would love to try it, and I have a domain at http://brentroos.com

    Please let me try!

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  9. thedOt Jul 30th at 8:04 pm

    I don’t own a domain…but I learn quickly 😀

    Well, at least I tried xD

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  10. Vikram Jul 30th at 8:11 pm

    i have a domain. it is throbindia.com

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  11. Bill Jul 30th at 8:14 pm

    I have a domain name that I have mapped to my blog, but would be glad to change things to help you guys out. 🙂

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  12. Vinny Jul 30th at 8:21 pm

    Hi Matt. If you’re still looking for volunteers, count me in. I have several domains and ability to modify my DNS records.

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  13. margin Jul 30th at 8:29 pm

    Hi! I’m interested in taking part in this beta, if possible. My web domain is stereoroid.com, which I would redirect to stereoroid.wordpress.com. I just made the DNS change at my registrat, a few minutes ago, so it may take a little while to come in to effect. My site is almost totally WordPress based anyway, so this sounds like a really good idea to me.

    Thanks,

    brian thomson
    dublin, ireland.

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  14. marcoos Jul 30th at 8:35 pm

    marcoos.com 😉

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  15. webtech Jul 30th at 8:42 pm

    http://www.onthetech.com

    I would like to try out the domain mapping beta service

    please add onthetech.com to your dns servers.

    I just added the dns info , godaddy said that it can take 48 hours for a whois seach to show the new dns info.

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  16. valerie Jul 30th at 8:44 pm

    I’ll play – unrighteous.org, just updated it.
    Thanks!

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  17. aj2r Jul 30th at 8:51 pm

    I am impatient to prove it.

    Thanks.

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  18. Damien Jul 30th at 8:51 pm

    I’d be keen to look at this … thanks

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  19. bashthetech Jul 30th at 8:53 pm

    bashthetech.com, I will update the nameservers asap. I no this is a new blog but I was going to do url fowarding anyways.

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  20. Eli Jul 30th at 8:56 pm

    Me! Me! I just changed the nameserver for elidourado.com. It may take a few minutes to propagate.

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  21. Amit Jul 30th at 9:16 pm

    Cool, I’ll volunteer to test. 🙂

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  22. Tazo Jul 30th at 9:16 pm

    Sweet deal.

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  23. eoinpurcell Jul 30th at 9:20 pm

    Hello,
    My blog is at eoinpurcell.wordpress.com and I own the domain eoinpurcell.com.
    I have reset the namservers as requested, do I qualify?
    Eoin
    PS even if i don’t this is a feature I have been looking forward to.

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  24. Adamus Jul 30th at 9:27 pm

    Can be subdomain for now? adamus.motioners.com instead adamus.wordpress.com. I’m going to buy another domain, but blog will be mapped as adamus.newdomain.com as well.

    Thanks in advance.

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  25. Yannick Fondeur Jul 30th at 9:39 pm

    my domain is http://www.surlemploi.com
    I’ve just changed the nameservers as indicated
    my relevant blog is surlemploi.wordpress.com
    hope I’m qualified 🙂

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  26. nerdjournal Jul 30th at 9:42 pm

    Let me know if I qualify, I just made the change to my nameservers.
    I’ve been waiting on this feature forever 🙂

    Thanks
    Bruce

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  27. Michael Jul 30th at 9:46 pm

    I own a doman for my blog patriotsfanblog.com? I might be interested.

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  28. bananasfk Jul 30th at 9:56 pm

    While it sounds good, it doubt that you will be offering MX,TXT, and other dns record type things if your using a domain name for stuff other than just blogging.

    It seems a bit of waste to use a domain name just for blogging imho, more information might be nice – no is my gut first feeling here

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  29. Kris Jul 30th at 10:13 pm

    http://www.kristiandye.co.uk

    I will need to wait for my ISP’s tech support to change the nameservers though :$

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  30. ms Jul 30th at 10:47 pm

    Hi Matt,
    Thank you for this new feature. I add this reply for reserved my places. Please send me the following data to complete the process of converting my Domaine (mshjiouij.ma):
    The IP number for the “ns1” & “ns2”; the “A record” and the “MX Records”.

    My Best Regards,
    mshjiouij

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  31. Greg Jul 30th at 11:01 pm

    My name is Greg Hamblin. My domain is http://www.sixmilevillage.com

    I would love to be involved in the beta testing of this exiting new feature, etc.

    -Greg
    sixmilevillage.wordpress.com

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  32. Greg Jul 30th at 11:08 pm

    Question: Will you support mail redirects?

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  33. Benny Martini Jul 30th at 11:37 pm

    I’m not sure if it works but here’s the domain name: http://www.djthor.com
    I’ll loved to test this for you !! thx

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  34. Sonnie Jul 30th at 11:44 pm

    Hi Matt, you can check mine at http://sesantos.com.ph/
    Thanks.

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  35. goddard Jul 30th at 11:48 pm

    I’d like to try this feature.

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  36. dorai Jul 30th at 11:51 pm

    I would love to do that. How about http://www.thodla.com. It is mine. I have a couple of others if this works out.

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  37. Marc Jul 30th at 11:59 pm

    Strange, after all the forum questions about domain mapping this has been up for over 24 hours with no response.

    Anyway this is the domain I own. (it contains 3 different blogs)
    http://cranialcavity.net

    And this is one of the three blogs: http://cranialcavity.net/wordpress/index.php

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  38. sarcle Jul 31st at 12:01 am

    I’ll do it. Nameservers are changed…. Domain is mentrends.com

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  39. kramtark Jul 31st at 12:03 am

    I just updated the nameservers, so they might not be correct yet, but the domain is http://markt.ws

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  40. goddard Jul 31st at 12:05 am

    I forgot to list my domain: utahvalley.info

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  41. goddard Jul 31st at 12:19 am

    For some reason, utahvalley.info isn’t updating. If it’s possible, let’s go with andygoddard.info.

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  42. Devlin Palmer Jul 31st at 12:28 am

    I would love to test and it’s a feature I’ve really been looking forward too, all though I haven’t purchased my domain yet. Is there a way you could hold a place for me?

    If not, just disregard this comment. 🙂

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  43. torque Jul 31st at 12:40 am

    i can try.
    i changed the nameservers now : http://wwww.enesacar.com

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  44. peteremcc Jul 31st at 12:52 am

    oh man, don’t quite have my domain name ready yet 😦

    oh well, good to know that this service IS coming, even if i’ll have to pay for it now 😛

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  45. Britta Jul 31st at 12:56 am

    Hi Matt,

    I’m game. 🙂

    I have a domain “brittablog.com” with the nameservers set as required.

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  46. Henry Jul 31st at 1:16 am

    cool, not that i have any interest in your beta testing 🙂

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  47. Rakesh Jul 31st at 1:16 am

    Hope I am not late in replying
    My domain: http://www.rakesh.in
    blog: http://rakeshkumar.wordpress.com

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  48. Sadish Jul 31st at 1:22 am

    I would like to have an invite.

    Sadish
    http://wpthemes.info

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  49. Alphonse Yu Jul 31st at 1:31 am

    I can try domain mapping for you, I’m at alphonse.info. Thanks.

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  50. Erasable Ink Jul 31st at 1:35 am

    Oh my! I’d love to park my domain to my blog! erasableink.com is what I’ve got. I’ll be forwarding my nameservers immediately!

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  51. Erasable Ink Jul 31st at 1:39 am

    Hmm, seems my first comment didn’t show up. I’m looking to map my domain, erasableink.com, to my blog, godbout.wordpress.com. I updated the nameservers for the domain with godaddy.com, but they say it’ll take up to 48 hours to switch over. Hopefully I’m not disqualified!

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  52. Joe Jul 31st at 1:49 am

    sign me up. joeholland.org

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  53. dale Jul 31st at 1:52 am

    dalegroup.info

    I’ll update domain info now.

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  54. vanilla3blue Jul 31st at 2:05 am

    Me! Me! Pick ME!

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  55. something Jul 31st at 2:12 am

    Well, I’m definitely interested in checking out this new feature and I’ve gone ahead and changed my nameservers. The change should take place before too long. Here’s hoping it works! Keep up the good work, guys – this site just keeps growing!

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  56. allthingsnerdy Jul 31st at 2:29 am

    Please park my domain allthingsnerdy.com for allthingsnerdy.wordpress.com

    I have already changed the nameservers and have been waiting for this great feature from you guys and gals.

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  57. vidinur Jul 31st at 3:24 am

    Can I have one please… vidinur.com

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  58. lqz Jul 31st at 3:41 am

    kmlqz.com

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  59. eric Jul 31st at 3:44 am

    ohhhh. i was first. and now i’ve set my name servers to ns1 and ns2.

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  60. leahey Jul 31st at 3:46 am

    http://www.leahey.org

    🙂

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  61. ubuntonista Jul 31st at 3:56 am

    Nice feature, if and when it does happen. I guess I missed out 🙂 I can always wait for when it is available more freely, I guess.

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  62. Matt Jul 31st at 4:06 am

    Alright, I think we got enough folks. Thanks guys!

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  63. peteremcc Jul 31st at 5:21 am

    @matt… the comments didn’t show up for quite a while, thats why there are so many people commenting.

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  65. Ankur Gupta Jul 31st at 7:25 am

    would lov to help … plz feel free to get in touch

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  66. Moey Jul 31st at 8:39 am

    I’m late 😦

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  67. marcoos Jul 31st at 10:02 am

    Oops, seems like I’m number 9. :/

    BTW. Why do you need the whole domain delegated to you? I think there should be possibility to map just a single hostname to WordPress.com’s IP address and not to delegate the whole domain. That’s how e.g. http://www.jogger.pl (Polish blog service) works.

    E.g. I’d like http://www.marcoos.com to be my blog’s address, but I’d still like something.marcoos.com to map to some other host.

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  68. big3 Jul 31st at 11:09 am

    not now but later insha-allah …

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  69. mutiny Jul 31st at 11:19 am

    How about a .in domain?

    The Great Indian Mutiny -> http://www.mutiny.in

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  70. waynesutton Jul 31st at 11:56 am

    Hey I would like to test out this service as well.

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  71. Sankar Viruthachalam Jul 31st at 12:16 pm

    I would be interested in testing it. I don’t own a domain yet, but have been looking forward for this feature for a long time. If I am selected for the test, I can register a domain and do the needful.
    Thanks in advance for selecting me for this test 🙂
    Sankar

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  72. sarcle Jul 31st at 2:26 pm

    “Matt Says:
    July 31st, 2006 at 4:06 am
    Alright, I think we got enough folks. Thanks guys!”

    So who got in and how will we be notified?

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  73. Amit Jul 31st at 3:05 pm

    Alright, I think we got enough folks. Thanks guys!

    So Matt, who got them? The first 8 as you mentioned in the post or more? 😉

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  74. p|nK^bEe Jul 31st at 3:09 pm

    http://www.choosingdestiny.org

    I will park it now. =)

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  75. eric Jul 31st at 4:55 pm

    i’ve looked at the domains for the first few people and none of them are forwarding / mapping to a wordpress.com blog yet. so i guess we’re all waiting either to be officially notified or for wp.com to flip the mythical switch. ohhhhh, let us know. we’re giddy like little girls.

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  76. dzentelman Jul 31st at 5:06 pm

    ::)

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  77. Stuart Cowen Jul 31st at 5:15 pm

    I’d like to participate also, pleas let me know if I can do this.

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  78. Brent Jul 31st at 7:18 pm

    Whoohoo! I was number 8! I met all of the requirements. I assume that I will be a tester. Let us know Matt!

    8)

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  80. ventanaranch Jul 31st at 8:07 pm

    Oh Please me too! Nameserver setting pointed! ventanaranch.info

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  81. angelvshannon Jul 31st at 9:56 pm

    angelvshannon is the domain i’d like tested. thank you!

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  82. Jude Jul 31st at 10:09 pm

    Ohh Me too! My nameservers are ready. ventanaranch.info

    Thanks!

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  83. endya Aug 1st at 1:24 am

    I want one. My domain is http://www.endya.net … it is currently being forwarded to endya.wordpress.com… I am a software developer myself so I can help you with the beta testing as well.

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  84. ginex Aug 1st at 6:39 am

    Would you like to be the first to map to an .eu domain ?? Yeah..I own one of it !! http://www.adrianoarrigo.eu

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  85. plovesm Aug 1st at 6:51 am

    oops I am late

    but still

    http://mukund.be

    Try me
    Name Mukund

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  86. June Aug 1st at 8:39 am

    *sigh* I’d put ads on my page for WordPress if it meant getting a domain and hosting. At the moment, I cannot afford a domain or the ability to host it here. I know it can be pretty cheap to get domains; but just trust me when I say that, at the moment, this is still not an option for me.

    I wish WordPress had a “broke blogger” plan for this…..

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  87. margin Aug 1st at 9:51 am

    Hi,

    I was one of the early requestors, #13 above, but I haven’t heard anything back from you guys. I’ve now added my old DNS servers back to the domain registration as #3 and #4, leaving the WordPress DNS servers as #1 and #2. That may allow people to, you know, access my existing site.

    Is there some way we can get a “yes or no” answer as to whether we qualify for this experiment? I know it’s not polite to “look a gift horse in the mouth”, but my site has been DOWN for 2 days, after I made the DNS changes you requested. I know it’s a beta, and I have a failback plan, it’s just that changing a domain’s DNS servers has the effect of making that site inaccessible if the target DNS servers refuse to resolve the names, as is happening now.

    Thanks,

    brian t

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  88. munaks Aug 1st at 10:56 am

    http://www.munaks.com

    hope am not too late

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  89. Dannie Aug 1st at 11:07 am

    I have a few domain names ready to try.

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  90. Dannie Aug 1st at 11:09 am

    OK.

    I have http://www.tensoriana.org and http://www.trafal.com and would like to give it a try.

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  91. BFIC Admin Aug 1st at 1:32 pm

    http://www.bfic.org

    w/ nameserver change THANKS

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  92. Erasable Ink Aug 1st at 1:49 pm

    Matt, did you say the first 8, or the first 80? 😉

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  93. Devlin Palmer Aug 1st at 3:03 pm

    Okay. I have some questions about this.

    Firstly, you say “The first 8 people to comment get the feature for free, but to qualify you…”. Does this mean that non-testers will not get this feature for free?

    Now second, when you set up domain mapping, is it possible to have a wordpress subdomain and the domain mapped, so your links won’t be severed?

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  94. davortech Aug 1st at 4:17 pm

    I don’t think I apply to be a tester as I’m posting 84th, but I’d like http://www.davortech.com

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  95. adastra Aug 1st at 5:05 pm

    I have several domains and experience changing settins with them. Is it too late?

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  96. adastra Aug 1st at 5:06 pm

    sorry…my domain is samguzman.com

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  97. johnlone Aug 1st at 6:30 pm

    i hopes it’s not too late to ask…..

    http://www.johnlone.hk
    http://johnlone.wordpress.com

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  98. trgnet Aug 1st at 7:18 pm

    I don’t have any website and web hosting yet. However, I have registered one under the name of http://www.ebizlife4u.com. You may try me

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  99. Jalal Rohani Aug 1st at 8:07 pm

    I am late 😦
    I want to, my domain is jranil.com and jranil.net for my blog 😦

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  100. Dario Salvelli Aug 1st at 11:05 pm

    I want to try it..i always am on top blog in WordPress,shall I deserve it? My host is: http://www.dariosalvelli.com . Thank you 😉

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