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{{Short description|Company}}
{{Lead too short|date=September 2019}}
{{Lead too short|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox dot-com company
{{Infobox website
| name = Hover
| name = Hover
| logo = Hover logo.svg
| logo = Hover logo.svg
| type = Public
| type = Public
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2008}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2008}}
| location = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| location = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| industry = [[domain name registration|Domain Name Registration]]
| industry = [[domain name registration|Domain Name Registration]]
| products = Domains and email
| products = Domains and email
| owner = [[Tucows]]
| owner = [[Tucows]]
| homepage = {{Official URL}}
| homepage = {{Official URL}}
| alexa = {{IncreaseNegative}} 19455 ({{as of|2015|8|5|alt=August 2015}})<ref name="alexa">{{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/hover.com |title= hover.com Site Overview | publisher= [[Alexa Internet]] |accessdate= 2014-08-10 }}</ref>
}}
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'''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]].
'''Hover''' is a [[domain name registrar]].


== History ==
== 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
| url=http://www.tucows.com/say-hello-to-hover/
| url=http://www.tucows.com/say-hello-to-hover/
| title=Say Hello to Hover, the Easiest Way to Buy and Use Domain Names
| title=Say Hello to Hover, the Easiest Way to Buy and Use Domain Names
| date=2008-12-08
| date=2008-12-08
| publisher=[[Tucows]]
| publisher=[[Tucows]]
| accessdate=2014-02-08}}</ref>
| access-date=2014-02-08
}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


== Business ==
== 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
| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310184901/http://help.hover.com/2010/04/26/no-wait-customer-service/
| archivedate=2012-03-10
| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://namerad.com/search |title= Buy Domain Names }} Thursday, August 27, 2020 </ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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[[Category:Domain name registrars]]
[[Category:Domain name registrars]]
[[Category:Tucows]]
[[Category:Tucows]]
[[Category:Internet properties established in 2008]]
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[[Category:2008 establishments in Ontario]]

Latest revision as of 11:47, 22 August 2024

Hover
Type of site
Public
Founded2008; 16 years ago (2008)
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada
OwnerTucows
IndustryDomain Name Registration
ProductsDomains and email
URLwww.hover.com Edit this at Wikidata

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

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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

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

Hover owns the domain Loser.com.

See also

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References

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  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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