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{{Short description|Internet country code top-level domain for Venezuela}}{{Infobox Top level domain
|name=.ve
|image=Dotve.png
|introduced=7 March 1991
|type=[[Country code top-level domain]]
|status=Active
|registry=[[Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones]]
|sponsor=[[Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones]]
|intendeduse=Entities connected with {{flag|Venezuela}}
|actualuse=Popular in Venezuela
|restrictions=second level only for trademark holders, third level mostly unrestricted
|structure=Registrations are made at the second or third level
|document= [http://www.nic.ve/uploads/B7/Gm/B7GmWPx0jo4h8GYJ-zSuKw/condiciones_nicve.pdf Terms and conditions]
|disputepolicy=
|website=[http://www.nic.ve/ 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fouré |first=Arthur |date=2024-08-07 |title=Venezuelian Registry Opens 2nd Level Domains Registration |url=https://iptwins.com/2024/08/07/venezuelian-registry-opens-2nd-level-domains-registration/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=IP Twins |language=en-GB}}</ref>

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:<ref>[http://www.nic.ve/uploads/n1/e2/n1e2NPJ-Is-TDNsx-5WR2A/procedimiento_solicitud_ve_especial.pdf Procedimiento para solicitud de un nombre de dominio especial (gob.ve, mil.ve, edu.ve, tec.ve)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127091045/http://nic.ve/uploads/n1/e2/n1e2NPJ-Is-TDNsx-5WR2A/procedimiento_solicitud_ve_especial.pdf |date=2010-11-27 }}, CONATEL</ref>
* .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 name]]s are available using the following [[Spanish language|Spanish]] characters: á, é, í, ó, ú, ü, and [[ñ]].<ref>[[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority|IANA]], [https://www.iana.org/domains/idn-tables/tables/ve_es_1.0.html .VE Spanish table]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==

* [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ve.html IANA .ve whois information]



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[[Category:Country code top-level domains]]
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[[Category:Internet properties established in 1991]]

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