Manage site flow: Allow to change subdomain

[niranjan-uma-shankar]

In pau2Xa-1Io-p2#comment-6759 , we take users clicking browser back from checkout through a modified signup flow. The domain step in this flow does not allow to change the subdomain of the user's current site.

Steps to reproduce

1. Starting at URL: wordpress.com/start
2. Select a paid plan and proceed to the checkout page
3. Hit browser back button on the checkout page.
4. Wait till the domain step has finished rendering.

What I expected

I expected to change my current site's wordpress.com subdomain.

What happened instead

I am not shown any *.wordpress.com suggestions, and I'm not allowed to change the current site's subdomain. I'm however allowed to purchase a custom domain for the current site.

[klimeryk]

@niranjan-uma-shankar, I've been able to still reproduce it. But I'm not sure what would be a best change here. It does not feel like the best flow to change the address of the site. I wonder if we have enough data to figure out how many users try to search for a *.wordpress.com subdomain in cases like this?

As a quickfix - when the user triggers this state (clicked back after site creation) and they search for a *.wordpress.com subdomain, we show a special notice with a link that will take them to the existing screen in domain management that will allow them to edit the site's free WPCOM subdomain?

[niranjan-uma-shankar]

As a quickfix - when the user triggers this state (clicked back after site creation) and they search for a *.wordpress.com subdomain, we show a special notice with a link that will take them to the existing screen in domain management that will allow them to edit the site's free WPCOM subdomain?

That sounds like a nice solution to me.

Also noting that as per #52798 (comment), the current subdomain address is now displayed is on this page.