.co.ve Domain: Venezuela's Commercial Namespace
.co.ve is one of the commercial zones under Venezuela's country extension .ve. The extension is administered by CONATEL, the national telecommunications regulator, and the registration service is run by its own unit NIC.ve, which describes itself as «the official and exclusive portal» for Venezuela's namespace. .ve was entered in the root zone on 7 March 1991. The binding text is the National Domain Name Plan, published in Official Gazette 42.723 on 27 September 2023.
The registry divides its zones in two: special zones (gob.ve, edu.ve, mil.ve, e12.ve, gov.ve) and commercial zones. .co.ve sits in the second group and carries no document, eligibility or sector requirement; registration happens directly through a user account on the NIC.ve platform, whose sign-up form offers a country list covering the whole world. The same group holds .com.ve and .org.ve; all three share one set of terms.
The registration term is exactly one year, renewable for equal periods as long as the fee is paid — section two of the terms states it in a single sentence. Transfers run through the platform with approval on both sides: the incoming holder must already be a registered user and must accept the transfer inside the system. Check your shortlist on the domain name search page.
.CO.VE Domain at a Glance
- Administrator and registry CONATEL — registration service through its own unit NIC.ve
- Root zone entry 7 March 1991
- Binding text National Domain Name Plan, Official Gazette 42.723 / 27 September 2023
- Zone status Commercial group; documents only for gob.ve, edu.ve, mil.ve, e12.ve, gov.ve
- Namespace breadth At least twenty separate zones measured under .ve
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .co.ve domain
- Country Venezuela
- Character Length 1 - 26 characters
- Registration Period 1 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 2 servers
.co.ve Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
$97.50 /year -
Transfer
$54.99 /year -
Renewal
$104.99 /year -
Restore
$110.50 -
Late Renewal
$11.00
Included With Every .co.ve Domain
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Free DNS management
Change A, MX, TXT and CNAME records yourself from the panel — no waiting on anyone when you move a site or mailbox.
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Domain forwarding
Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.
.co.ve Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: for .co.ve the post-expiry timeline is set by the registry, so it differs from one extension to the next. The diagram below shows the windows that actually apply to .co.ve, day by day. One thing never changes, whichever extension you hold: renewing before the expiry date is always the cheapest and safest route.
Domain Is Available (Available)
A .co.ve address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.
Domain Is Active (Active Period)
Once registration is complete, the domain is registered to you for the term you selected. You can renew at any point before it expires to keep it active, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Domain Is Available Again
Once deletion completes, the domain leaves the system and anyone can register it — popular names are often taken the same minute by someone watching. Keep auto-renewal on so a name you care about never gets this far.
.co.ve Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.co.ve Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .co.ve domain
- Country Venezuela
- Character Length 1 - 26 characters
- Registration Period 1 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 2 servers
.co.ve Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .co.ve Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No. The registry divides its zones into special and commercial, and document or eligibility requirements apply only to the special ones (gob.ve, edu.ve, mil.ve, e12.ve, gov.ve). .co.ve sits in the commercial group and registration runs directly through an account on the NIC.ve platform, whose sign-up form offers a country list covering the whole world. Measurement supports it: google.co.ve in this very zone is held by Google LLC at a Mountain View address.
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One year only. Section two of the terms is explicit: «a domain name registration is valid for one year from allocation and may be renewed for equal periods as long as the corresponding payment is made». The registry's price cards also state an annual basis for both registration and renewal. There is no multi-year option, so the renewal calendar has to be run every year.
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Fifteen calendar days. According to the registry's user manual a name moves to «Por Vencer» thirty days before expiry and a warning is sent; on the expiry date it becomes «Vencido» and only 15 days remain for renewal. Once that runs out the name is released. The payment path narrows too: bank transfer is available for the first 10 days only, while card payment works across the full 15.
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The terms list privacy as a registrant right, but the data the lookup server actually returns is broader: in a measurement on 15 August 2026 the registrant organisation, street, city, postal code and country were all openly visible, while e-mail and phone were the masked fields. The registry offers no separate privacy or proxy service. You can run the query from the whois search page.
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Transfers run through the NIC.ve platform and need approval on both sides: the incoming holder must already be a registered user and must accept the transfer inside the system. Two grounds are recognised — the holder's own decision, provided the account is in good standing, and a judicial or administrative order. One block applies: a name that is the subject of a dispute properly notified to NIC.ve cannot be transferred. The transfer carries its own fee.
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Ten at most. The registry's user manual gives the limit as a number: up to ten nameservers per domain, and for each of them up to four IPv4 and four IPv6 addresses. The registry only accepts IP addresses whose reachability can be verified on the network, and it rejects duplicate IP addresses entered for the same nameserver name.
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Venezuela has no separate UDRP provider; CONATEL itself decides suspensions, cancellations and transfers through an administrative procedure. The grounds for cancellation are listed in the terms: names that are offensive, discriminatory or contrary to law, public order or accepted standards; fraudulent uses such as impersonating public institutions, international organisations or individuals; and supplying false information to the platform. A judicial or administrative order is also grounds for suspension.
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