.ve

.ve

Introduced	7 March 1991
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones
Sponsor	Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones
Intended use	Entities connected with  Venezuela
Actual use	Popular in Venezuela
Registration restrictions	second level only for trademark holders, third level mostly unrestricted
Structure	Registrations are made at the second or third level
Documents	Terms and conditions
Registry website	nic.ve

.ve is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Venezuela.

On 3 March 2009 the ISO 3166-1 code for Venezuela changed to reflect the VE used for the ccTLD.

Registrations in the second level were opened in 2024, but are only available for either national or international trademark holders.^[1]

Registrations in these third level spaces are allowed without restrictions:

• .arts.ve - artistic and cultural institution
• .co.ve - a website originally ".com" ported to Venezuelan Spanish
• .com.ve - Venezuelan commercial entity
• .info.ve - informational sites
• .net.ve - network service providers
• .org.ve - non-profit organizations
• .radio.ve - radio stations
• .web.ve - individuals

The following third level spaces are restricted:^[2]

• .gob.ve / .gov.ve - government-related websites
• .edu.ve - Venezuela based educational institutions
• .int.ve - International institutions
• .mil.ve - Venezuelan military institution
• .tec.ve - University of Technology

Internationalized domain names are available using the following Spanish characters: á, é, í, ó, ú, ü, and ñ.^[3]