.cbd
Is .cbd a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
Nobody has applied for .cbd in its own right, as of 7 October 2026. XYZ named .cbd as a backup string for its .learning application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup. Oinkadot named .cbd as a backup string for its .loop application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup.
A clear category keyword for CBD sellers, but a regulated, boom-and-bust sector makes it a niche address rather than a brand default.
cbd and hemp-wellness product sellers wanting an unmistakable category address, plus domain investors speculating on short keyword resale
No applications recorded for this TLD yet.
Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .loop application, shown as deactivated: another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup
Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .learning application, shown as deactivated: another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup
The 2012 applications making the most similar bet. Chosen by AI from every string in that round, without being told what happened to any of them.
Same bet as a legally-restricted consumable category whose registrants are the sellers of the substance itself, and whose viability turns on whether a compliance-bound industry will move its primary identity onto a vertical namespace.
Same buyer and same mechanics: claim-driven ingestible-wellness marketers staking identity on an unregulated-benefit word, where the string's worth depends on consumer trust in a category policed for health claims rather than on brand equity.
Shares the structure of a substance/compliance claim doing duty as an identity word, but it is a broad certification adjective spanning whole food and retail industries rather than one narrow compound whose legality is itself in question.
What a .cbd domain is
.cbd is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, filed under Commerce. Nobody has applied for .cbd in its own right. It is named on ICANN’s list as part of an application for another string.
Is the .cbd domain extension real yet?
.cbd is not yet a domain extension you can register: nothing resolves under it, and no registrar sells names in it. Nobody has applied for it on the public record; the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round is the process that would decide whether it becomes one.
When can you buy a .cbd domain?
You can’t yet. ICANN publishes every applied-for string on Reveal Day, 7 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC. A .cbd name can only be registered after that, once the string is delegated and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .cbd was .vodka, delegated on 31 March 2014.
Is .cbd a real TLD?
Not yet. .cbd is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because ICANN’s list names .cbd as part of an application for another string. Every entry on this page links to its source.
“OI2692T-T96497 · Oinkadot Inc · replacement string of .loop · Deactivated XL2625T-T59418 · XYZ.COM LLC · replacement string of .learning · Deactivated”ICANN
“XL2625T-T48608 · XYZ.COM LLC · replacement string of .more”ICANN
“A new partnership has applied for 25 top level domain names in this year's ICANN TLD expansion round.”Domain Name Wire (Andrew Allemann)
- Band chosen: 30-49, usable but limited. The string is a pure product-category keyword, so registrations would plausibly happen at volume among small CBD and hemp-wellness merchants, and the address reads instantly to its buyer group. It is not in the 50-69 band because sustained primary-identity use is doubtful: CBD brands operate under shifting and inconsistent regulatory treatment across major markets, face advertising and payment restrictions that push them toward conservative .com identities, and the sector has shown a boom-then-consolidation pattern that thins the long-term buyer pool; a brand that survives tends to broaden beyond CBD and would not want its root identity tied to one ingredient. By analogy (flagged as analogy), the 2012-round regulated-product strings such as .vin/.wine and lifestyle-product strings such as .vodka and .beer drew modest registration bases and thin aftermarkets, which is the pattern I expect here. It is not in the 10-29 band because, unlike a joke or event string, there is a real merchant category with ongoing commercial activity, and a short three-letter keyword TLD has genuine defensive and keyword value for sellers already carrying 'cbd' in their .com names. The record shows two applications for .cbd, both deactivated and both filed as replacement strings for other applications (.loop, .learning), with a contention count of 0; stated neutrally, this suggests limited applicant conviction for the string, which I use only as a weak signal on adoption likelihood, not as a discount for launch. Main market uncertainty: whether CBD stabilises as a mainstream, legally settled consumer ingredient within the next 5 years (lifting demand toward the strong-niche band) or continues to contract and fragment into generic hemp and wellness positioning (pushing it toward the vanity band).