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Serve Better Ideas with .FOOD

Check .FOOD domain availability, register a new .FOOD domain, search multiple names in bulk, or transfer your existing .FOOD domains to NiceNIC. Built for food brands, restaurants, recipes, culinary events, and food communities.

.FOOD
Renew:  $68.99 Market $101.99 $67.99 first year
Renew:  $65.99 Basic $64.99 4% off
Renew:  $64.99 Super $63.99 6% off
Renew:  $63.99 VIP $62.99 7% off

Managing multiple projects, workshop names, or product lines? Compare NiceNIC account levels for bulk registration and reseller pricing.

Why choose NiceNIC for .FOOD

A focused extension helps visitors recognize culinary and food projects.

.FOOD can support restaurants, recipe publishers, food brands, culinary events, and communities. NiceNIC provides registration, transfer, DNS, bulk management, and reseller API support.

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Crypto Payment Support

Add funds and pay for domain services using supported crypto options such as USDT, BTC, ETH, and LTC. Automated crypto deposit recording helps account balances update quickly after successful confirmation, with no extra NiceNIC processing fee for automated deposits.

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Real Human Support

NiceNIC provides real human support, not only scripted replies. Our team can review your domain needs, explain practical options, and give account-level, transfer, bulk registration, and reseller suggestions to help your domain business grow.

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Fair Abuse Review Process

NiceNIC does not take arbitrary action against domains. Abuse reports are reviewed based on available evidence, policies, and registry requirements, with domain owners guided to review, fix, or explain reported issues where appropriate.

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2,500+ Domain Extensions

Manage .FOOD together with 2,500+ domain extensions from one NiceNIC account, including country-code, generic, and new domain extensions. This helps businesses, investors, and resellers build global domain coverage more efficiently.

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47+ Website Languages

NiceNIC supports 47+ website languages, creating a multilingual registrar experience for international users and teams. This makes domain registration, renewal, transfer, account management, and support easier across different markets.

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Reseller API for Domain Services

For hosting providers, agencies, platforms, and domain resellers, NiceNIC supports reseller API access for domain registration, renewal, transfer, DNS, account-level pricing, and custom nameserver services.

.FOOD Market Intelligence · September 2026

.FOOD gives food and culinary a direct, category-specific identity.

DNS.Coffee reports 3,570 zone-visible .FOOD domains, while nTLDStats reports 25,503 registered domains. Internet Naming Co. operates the extension with Tucows Registry Services as the backend.

📊 .FOOD zone domains 3,570

DNS.Coffee zone-file count on September 8, 2026.

🌍 Registered domains 25,503

nTLDStats registered-domain snapshot on September 8, 2026.

🧭 Registry operator Internet Naming Co.

IANA registration date: November 4, 2016.

Q1 2026 TLD Market Distribution

This view places the current .FOOD zone-file count within the wider domain market using DNIB Q1 2026 category figures.

.FOOD3,570
ccTLDs146.3M
Other new gTLDs49.6M
Established gTLDs196.6M
Source note: DNIB Q1 2026 category figures and DNS.Coffee .FOOD zone-file data accessed September 9, 2026. Values are rounded and visually scaled for customer education.

Why .FOOD fits culinary and food projects

The extension signals a focus on food and culinary projects and communities.

Operated by Internet Naming Co.

IANA lists Internet Naming Co. as the sponsoring organization, with Tucows Registry Services as the backend.

Clear practical-project meaning

Use it for food brands, restaurants, recipes, culinary events, and food communities.

Project claims remain separate

A .FOOD address does not verify food safety, ingredient accuracy, licensing, or service quality.

.FOOD Related TLD Zone-File Comparison — 2026 to date

This same-source snapshot compares .FOOD with restaurant, cafe, kitchen, recipe, and pizza domain extensions.

.CAFE
25,057
.KITCHEN
7,517
.PIZZA
10,086
.RECIPES
4,028
.FOOD
3,570
Source note: DNS Coffee 2026-to-date zone-file snapshot, accessed September 8, 2026. Figures represent domains observed in each TLD zone, not official registry-reported registration totals.

Public Premium .FOOD Domain Sales Examples

No reliable public completed .FOOD sale was found in the exact-suffix sources checked. The card remains visible so limited disclosure is not mistaken for zero buyer interest.

Source note: NameBio was inaccessible from the current hosting IP, and searches across NamePros, DNJournal, Sedo, Dan/Afternic, and exact web results did not produce a sufficiently supported completed .FOOD sale for display. Listings and asking prices are excluded.
Choose the right .FOOD service

Different FOOD projects need different domain plans.

restaurants, recipe publishers, food brands, culinary events, and communities may use the extension in different ways.

For restaurants

Publish menus, locations, booking details, and customer contact routes.

  • Menus
  • Locations
  • Bookings

For recipe publishers

Organize recipes, ingredients, techniques, and update dates.

  • Recipe library
  • Ingredient notes
  • Cooking guides

For food brands

Present products, sourcing information, retail links, and brand stories.

  • Product catalog
  • Sourcing notes
  • Retail links

For culinary communities

Share events, member resources, editorial guidelines, and contact details.

  • Event updates
  • Member resources
  • Community contact
Domain transfer

Move .FOOD domains to a registrar built for safe domain management.

If you already own .FOOD domains elsewhere, transfer decisions should not be based only on one renewal invoice. Check transfer eligibility, ownership access, billing reliability, support response time, API needs, and long-term domain management.

1 Unlock the domainConfirm the domain is not transfer-locked at the current registrar.
2 Get the Auth Code / EPP codeRequest the authorization code from the current registrar before starting the transfer.
3 Submit the transfer through NiceNICStart the transfer, complete payment, and monitor transfer approval status.
Bulk domain registration

Search and register multiple .FOOD domains.

Paste multiple .FOOD names, remove duplicates, review the count, and continue to bulk registration. This is useful for domain investors, brand teams, agencies, hosting providers, and resellers.

Enter domains or brand keywords

Enter one name per line, with or without .FOOD. The tool removes duplicates and prepares a clean list for bulk registration.

Reseller API

Add domain registration to your own platform.

If your business sells hosting, websites, SaaS, agency services, or brand protection packages, NiceNIC reseller APIs can support domain registration, renewal, transfer, DNS, and account management.

✓Automated registration: create domain orders from your own platform.
✓Renewal operations: reduce manual follow-up and missed renewal risk.
✓Custom name servers: support branded hosting and DNS operations.
✓Wholesale structure: build margin with a registrar relationship designed for recurring operations.
View NiceNIC API v2
# NiceNIC API v2 endpoint
# Applies to supported domain extensions, including .com, .net, .org, ccTLDs, and new gTLDs
https://api.nicenic.net/v2/

# Required headers
Authorization: username:api_secret
Content-Type: application/json

# Check domain availability across multiple extensions
curl "https://api.nicenic.net/v2/?category=domain&action=check&domains=example.com,example.net,mybrand.org" \
  -H "Authorization: username:api_secret" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

# Get registration / renewal / transfer pricing for any supported extension
curl "https://api.nicenic.net/v2/?category=domain&action=get_price&domain=example.com&type=register&year=1" \
  -H "Authorization: username:api_secret" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

# Change the domain value to query another TLD:
# example.com, example.net, example.org, example.ai, example.co

# Standard response format
{
  "code": 0,
  "msg": "success",
  "data": {}
}

Questions before you register or transfer a .FOOD?

Practical answers about registry status, project publishing, premium pricing, transfers, bulk registration, and API support.

What is a .FOOD domain best used for?

It is a focused choice for restaurants, recipe publishers, food brands, culinary events, and communities. You can start by checking a name in the .FOOD registration section.

Who operates the .FOOD registry?

IANA lists Internet Naming Co. as the sponsoring organization for .FOOD, with Tucows Registry Services as the backend.

Can anyone register an available .FOOD name?

Available names are generally offered through participating registrars on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to registry policies, reserved labels, and rights-protection rules.

Does a .FOOD domain certify a project or contractor?

No. A .FOOD address does not certify food safety, ingredient accuracy, licensing, or service quality.

Can I transfer a .FOOD domain to NiceNIC?

Yes, when the domain is eligible. Unlock it, obtain the authorization code, and submit it through the NiceNIC domain transfer service.

Can .FOOD be used for project listings and services?

Yes. Clearly identify project scope, materials, safety notes, service terms, and how inquiries are handled.

Can I register several .FOOD names for projects?

Yes. Prepare multiple project, workshop, or product names in the bulk domain section to compare availability and organize registrations.

Can a creative platform automate domain operations?

NiceNIC provides a domain reseller API for eligible creative platforms and agencies that need automated registration, renewal, transfer, and management workflows.

What should a FOOD website publish?

Publish clear sources, safety notes, materials, update dates, and clear contact routes.

Secure the .FOOD name before someone else does.

Register a new .FOOD, transfer an existing domain, or upgrade your account level for bulk registration and reseller API use.

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