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Hover
Type of site	Public
Founded	2008; 16 years ago
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Owner	Tucows
Industry	Domain Name Registration
Products	Domains and email
URL	www.hover.com

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Hover is a domain name registrar based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They offer domain name and email services. They currently have over 300 Top-level domains (TLDs) and also offers users email mailboxes or just email forwarding.

History

Hover was founded in December 2008 by Tucows Inc. after deciding to merge the three domain registration services they already owned, NetIdentity, It's Your Domain (IYD), and Domain Direct.^[1]

Business

Hover is using the Tucows wholesale reseller services provided by OpenSRS as its foundation.

Hover owns the domain Loser.com.

References

^ "Say Hello to Hover, the Easiest Way to Buy and Use Domain Names". Tucows. 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2014-02-08.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Official website

[1] "Say Hello to Hover, the Easiest Way to Buy and Use Domain Names". Tucows. 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2014-02-08.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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-'''Hover''' is an Internet [[Domain name registrar|domain name registration service]]. Hover is a division of [[Tucows|Tucows Incorporated]], the second largest ICANN-accredited domain registrar in the world, now that they've purchased [[eNom]], only behind [[GoDaddy]].<ref>{{cite web
+'''Hover''' is a [[domain name registrar]] based in [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario, Canada]]. They offer domain name and email services. They currently have over 300 [[Top-level domain|Top-level domains (TLDs)]] and also offers users [[email|email mailboxes]] or just [[email forwarding]].
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-}}</ref>  Tucows is the largest publicly traded registrar and a technology company serving thousands of businesses and millions of Internet users worldwide since 1994. As of March 2010, Tucows is currently managing over 10 million [[domain name]]s online.<ref>{{cite web
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-| title=Domain registrar Tucows Inc. reaches milestone 10,000,000 domains under management
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 == History ==
-Hover was founded in July 2008 by Tucows Inc. after deciding to merge the three domain registration services they already owned, ''NetIdentity'', ''It's Your Domain (IYD)'', and ''Domain Direct''.<ref>{{cite web
+Hover was founded in December 2008 by [[Tucows]] Inc. after deciding to merge the three domain registration services they already owned, '''NetIdentity''', '''It's Your Domain''' ('''IYD'''), and '''Domain Direct'''.<ref>{{cite web
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 | title=Say Hello to Hover, the Easiest Way to Buy and Use Domain Names
 | date=2008-12-08
 | publisher=[[Tucows]]
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+| access-date=2014-02-08
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 == Business ==
-Hover is using the Tucows wholesale reseller services provided by [[OpenSRS]] as its foundation. Hover has removed their automated answering system from their customer support lines so that customers only have to deal with a person rather than a machine.<ref>{{cite web
+Hover is using the Tucows wholesale reseller services provided by [[OpenSRS]] as its foundation.
-| url=http://help.hover.com/2010/04/26/no-wait-customer-service/
+Hover owns the domain [[Loser.com]].
-| title=Call us, we answer: Announcing No Wait Customer Service
-| author=Ross Rader
-| date=2010-04-26
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 == See also ==
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 == External links ==
-* {{Official website|http://www.hover.com/}}
+* {{Official website}}
-* [http://www.tucowsdomains.com/ Tucows Domains website]
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-[[Category:Companies established in 1994]]
+[[Category:Canadian companies established in 2008]]
-[[Category:Companies established in 2008]]
 [[Category:Companies based in Toronto]]
-[[Category:Domain registrars]]
+[[Category:Domain name registrars]]
 [[Category:Tucows]]
+[[Category:Internet properties established in 2008]]
+[[Category:2008 establishments in Ontario]]