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How secure are Retail domains?

Businesses that chose the .shop ending — typically in Retail — number 3,359,769 graded domains. Here's how their security looks. Aggregate only. As of 2026-07-29.

This reflects firms that picked the .shop ending; most Retail businesses on a generic ending like .com aren't captured here.

Grade distribution

GradeDomainsShare
A+580%
A5880%
B17,5390.5%
C188,1125.6%
D225,7656.7%
F2,927,70787.1%

Against the internet average

Across the entire census, 73.8% of graded domains score an F. Among .shop domains it is 87.1% — the sector's businesses are doing worse than the internet at large. As of 2026-07-29.

The Retail endings, side by side

Every ending in the census mapped to Retail, with the share of its domains scoring the failing grade:

TLDDomainsShare
.shop3,359,76987.1%
.store1,803,23186.5%

Frequently asked questions

What share of .shop domains are effectively unprotected?

87.1% of the 3,359,769 graded .shop domains score an F, meaning core protections like enforced DMARC are missing and the domain can typically be email-spoofed. As of 2026-07-29.

Does this cover every Retail business?

No. It covers the businesses that chose the .shop ending. Most Retail firms sit on a generic ending like .com and are not captured here — treat this as a sector-flavoured sample, not a census of the whole industry.

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