.cfd Domain Search
Search available .cfd domains.
Country
Luxembourg
Pricing
$1-25/yr
Registrations
570k
Launched
2021
.cfd by the numbers
About 52k new .cfd domains are registered every month, which is 0.7% of every domain registered across all extensions, up 20% on the same months of 2025. A .cfd name registered this year averages 10.5 characters, 12.5% contain a hyphen and 57.5% contain a digit. 100% of them are registered for a single year. Spaceship registers 28% of new .cfd domains, and the five largest registrars take 78% between them. About 130k .cfd domains come up for renewal in May 2027, the busiest month ahead.
52k
New registrations a month
Average across 2026
up 20%
Versus the same months in 2025
0.7%
Of all new domains registered
Across every extension
May 2027
Busiest renewal month ahead
About 130k come up
Show the monthly figures
| Month | New .cfd registrations |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | About 26k |
| February 2025 | About 22k |
| March 2025 | About 68k |
| April 2025 | About 83k |
| May 2025 | About 53k |
| June 2025 | About 26k |
| July 2025 | About 28k |
| August 2025 | About 41k |
| September 2025 | About 27k |
| October 2025 | About 22k |
| November 2025 | About 36k |
| December 2025 | About 22k |
| January 2026 | About 26k |
| February 2026 | About 24k |
| March 2026 | About 53k |
| April 2026 | About 54k |
| May 2026 | About 100k |
| June 2026 | About 59k |
| July 2026 | About 46k |
What a new .cfd name looks like
The typical .cfd registered this year is 10.5 characters long.
How long people register for
Where they get registered
The five largest registrars take 78% of new .cfd registrations between them.
What happens to them
Measured across 2025.
Estimates rounded from our own WHOIS observations. Last measured September 2026.
Why choose .cfd?
Three letters that read naturally for a clothing or fashion brand.
Very wide availability, including short and brandable names.
Among the cheapest extensions to register.
No connection to fashion or finance is required.
Run by a registry that specialises in short strings.
Supports DNSSEC through most registrars for added DNS integrity protection.
History
.cfd was delegated in 2015 standing for "contracts for difference", a financial trading instrument, and then did essentially nothing: it sat in the DNS root for years without ever properly launching. ShortDot acquired the string from its original owner and took it to general availability in 2021 under an entirely different meaning, "clothing and fashion design", which is a rare example of an extension changing what it means rather than what it costs.
Timeline
Usage and applications
ShortDot markets .cfd to clothing brands, fashion designers and boutiques, and for a fashion label the three letters do read naturally. What is actually registered is a different matter: our WHOIS observations show 57.5% of new .cfd names contain a digit and one in eight a hyphen, with every registration taken for a single year. That is among the highest digit shares of any extension we measure, and it means the volume reflects promotional pricing far more than it reflects the fashion industry.
First registered .cfd domain
nic.cfd
2015
The oldest .cfd registration in our WHOIS records, dated 15 January 2015, a registry operational name created at delegation, six years before the extension actually opened to the public.
Registration
Requirements
Open to anyone worldwide with no restrictions
Registry
ShortDot SA, based in Luxembourg
Key milestones
What does .cfd stand for?
It depends when you ask. It was delegated in 2015 for "contracts for difference", a financial trading instrument. ShortDot bought it and relaunched it in 2021 as "clothing and fashion design", the same three letters, an entirely different industry.
Can I still use .cfd for a financial site?
Nothing stops you, and the original meaning is the one finance people will recognise. Be aware the registry now markets it to fashion, so the association is split.
Why did .cfd take six years to launch?
Its original owner never brought it properly to market. It sat in the DNS root with essentially no registrations for five years. ShortDot acquired it and launched it in 2021, which is when the extension actually started.
Is .cfd good for a clothing brand?
The three letters read well for fashion, which is the pitch. The complication is the company you keep: 57.5% of new .cfd names carry a digit, one of the highest shares of any extension we measure, so the neighbourhood is mostly bulk registration.
Who runs .cfd?
ShortDot SA, a Luxembourg registry founded in 2017 that also operates .icu, .sbs, .cyou and .bond.
Why is .cfd so cheap?
Deep first-year promotions are how these extensions build volume. Renewals are substantially higher, so price a name you intend to keep on the renewal figure rather than the first invoice.
What was the first .cfd domain?
The oldest in our WHOIS records is nic.cfd, dated 15 January 2015, a registry operational name created at delegation, six years before anyone could register one.
Can anyone register a .cfd domain?
Yes. There is no connection to fashion or finance required, and no residency or documentation rules.
How long do people register .cfd for?
Every new .cfd registration in our records was taken for a single year, without exception. That is what promotional pricing produces.
Will a .cfd domain affect deliverability or filtering?
Possibly. Extensions with high bulk-registration rates attract more scrutiny from spam and link filtering, so test before you build anything that depends on email reaching an inbox.