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About .ve Domains

NIC.VE is the sponsor and NameAction/Hexonet is the backend provider for the country-code top-level domain name (ccTLD) .ve extensions that represents Venezuela.

Who can register .ve domains?

Important Notice: Effective April 6, 2020, GoDaddy is temporarily no longer accepting new registrations or incoming transfers for the .ve domain extensions. This is due to new registry rules requiring customers to provide a Tax Identification Registry "RIF" or Identity Card in order to complete .ve registrations. If you already owned a .ve domain with GoDaddy prior to April 6, 2020, you can continue to renew your existing .ve domain name.

  • .co.ve: Intended for commercial entities in Venezuela.
  • .com.ve: Intended for commercial entities in Venezuela.
  • info.ve: Intended for information in Venezuela.
  • .net.ve: Intended for network infrastructures, such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Venezuela.
  • .org.ve: Intended for non-commercial entities in Venezuela.
  • .web.ve: Intended for web information in Venezuela.

Registration restrictions

When registering a .ve domain, you must follow specific requirements.

  • Must use: 2 - 63 Characters
  • Can use: Letters (a-z characters), numbers (0-9) and hyphens (except in the 1st or last characters of the domain name)
  • Cannot use: Special characters (e.g., & and #) or register explicitly for resale
  • IDNs: Supported - Spanish

Features

  • Registration length: Not supported
  • Renewal length: 1 year
    • Your .com.ve, .info.ve, .net.ve, .org.ve, and .web.ve domain name renews before its expiration date. If auto-renew is turned on, we'll attempt renewal 21 days prior to the domain's expiration date. If the first attempt fails, we'll continue attempting renewal multiple times prior to the domain's expiration date.
    • If we cannot auto-renew the domain name and you do not manually renew it by 7 days prior to the expiration date, you can attempt to recover your domain with any applicable fees.
  • Backorders: Not supported
  • Transfers to GoDaddy: Not supported
  • Transfers away from GoDaddy: Supported
    • Transfer Lock: Supported
    • You must initiate the transfer with the gaining registrar and provide an authorization code. Contact a GoDaddy Guide to request an authorization code.
  • Transfers to another GoDaddy account: Not Supported
  • Domain Privacy: Not supported
  • Domain Protection: Not supported
  • CashParking: Supported
  • Contact Updates: Supported

Nameserver requirements

  • Must use: 2-4 Authoritive Nameservers
  • Can use: IPv4
  • Cannot use: IPv6, DNSSEC

Refunds

For details on refunds, review our refund policy

Cancellation requirements

To cancel your .ve domain, contact a GoDaddy Guide for assistance.

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