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Is .trade safe? The state of .trade domain security
.trade is riskier than the internet average. Across 28,987 graded .trade domains, 83.3% score an F — worse than the 78.3% global average — heavier on exposed domains than the web as a whole. 1.6% earn a B or better. Most .trade domains can still be impersonated in email, but the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
Of 20,044 graded .trade domains, 74.9% earn an F — above the 73.8% internet-wide average. Only 0.5% reach an A or A+ — the highest protection tier in the census.
How do .trade domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .trade domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 11 | 0% |
| A | 92 | 0.3% |
| B | 358 | 1.2% |
| C | 1,369 | 4.7% |
| D | 3,019 | 10.4% |
| F | 24,138 | 83.3% |
Does .trade make a domain secure?
No — and that's the most important thing to know. A domain's grade is decided by how it is configured (SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS), not by its ending. Choosing .trade doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .trade domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .trade safe?
On average, .trade is riskier than the internet average: 83.3% of its 28,987 graded domains score an F as of 2026-08-16, against a 78.3% global average. Most domains on every ending are exposed — the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade.
How secure are .trade domains?
16.7% of .trade domains score above an F and 1.6% earn a B or better. The rest fail the basic externally observable protections, most importantly enforced SPF and DMARC, so they can be impersonated in email.
Does choosing .trade make my domain secure?
No. A domain's grade comes from how it is configured — SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS — not from its ending. A well-configured domain earns an A on any ending; an unconfigured one sits at F on .trade too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .trade domain?
It fails the basic protections we can observe from outside — above all, it has no enforced SPF and DMARC, so its email can be forged and its customers targeted with convincing fakes.
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