diff --git a/web/cashtab/src/components/Tokens/CreateTokenForm.js b/web/cashtab/src/components/Tokens/CreateTokenForm.js
--- a/web/cashtab/src/components/Tokens/CreateTokenForm.js
+++ b/web/cashtab/src/components/Tokens/CreateTokenForm.js
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@
                                         newTokenDocumentUrlIsValid === null ||
                                         newTokenDocumentUrlIsValid
                                             ? ''
-                                            : 'Document URL cannot exceed 68 characters'
+                                            : 'Document URL cannot exceed 68 characters and must be a valid URL'
                                     }
                                 >
                                     <Input
diff --git a/web/cashtab/src/utils/__tests__/validation.test.js b/web/cashtab/src/utils/__tests__/validation.test.js
--- a/web/cashtab/src/utils/__tests__/validation.test.js
+++ b/web/cashtab/src/utils/__tests__/validation.test.js
@@ -204,6 +204,24 @@
             ),
         ).toBe(false);
     });
+    it(`Accepts a domain input with https protocol as ${currency.tokenTicker} token document URL`, () => {
+        expect(isValidTokenDocumentUrl('https://google.com')).toBe(true);
+    });
+    it(`Accepts a domain input with http protocol as ${currency.tokenTicker} token document URL`, () => {
+        expect(isValidTokenDocumentUrl('http://test.com')).toBe(true);
+    });
+    it(`Accepts a domain input with a primary and secondary top level domain as ${currency.tokenTicker} token document URL`, () => {
+        expect(isValidTokenDocumentUrl('http://test.co.uk')).toBe(true);
+    });
+    it(`Accepts a domain input with just a subdomain as ${currency.tokenTicker} token document URL`, () => {
+        expect(isValidTokenDocumentUrl('www.test.co.uk')).toBe(true);
+    });
+    it(`Rejects a domain input with no top level domain, protocol or subdomain  ${currency.tokenTicker} token document URL`, () => {
+        expect(isValidTokenDocumentUrl('mywebsite')).toBe(false);
+    });
+    it(`Rejects a domain input as numbers ${currency.tokenTicker} token document URL`, () => {
+        expect(isValidTokenDocumentUrl(12345)).toBe(false);
+    });
     it(`Correctly validates token stats for token created before the ${currency.ticker} fork`, () => {
         expect(isValidTokenStats(stStatsValid)).toBe(true);
     });
diff --git a/web/cashtab/src/utils/validation.js b/web/cashtab/src/utils/validation.js
--- a/web/cashtab/src/utils/validation.js
+++ b/web/cashtab/src/utils/validation.js
@@ -86,10 +86,25 @@
 };
 
 export const isValidTokenDocumentUrl = tokenDocumentUrl => {
+    function validURL(str) {
+        var pattern = new RegExp(
+            '^(https?:\\/\\/)?' + // protocol
+                '((([a-z\\d]([a-z\\d-]*[a-z\\d])*)\\.)+[a-z]{2,}|' + // domain name
+                '((\\d{1,3}\\.){3}\\d{1,3}))' + // OR ip (v4) address
+                '(\\:\\d+)?(\\/[-a-z\\d%_.~+]*)*' + // port and path
+                '(\\?[;&a-z\\d%_.~+=-]*)?' + // query string
+                '(\\#[-a-z\\d_]*)?$',
+            'i',
+        ); // fragment locator
+        return !!pattern.test(str);
+    }
+
     return (
-        typeof tokenDocumentUrl === 'string' &&
-        tokenDocumentUrl.length >= 0 &&
-        tokenDocumentUrl.length < 68
+        (typeof tokenDocumentUrl === 'string' &&
+            tokenDocumentUrl.length >= 0 &&
+            tokenDocumentUrl.length < 68 &&
+            validURL(tokenDocumentUrl)) ||
+        tokenDocumentUrl === ''
     );
 };