---
title: Hover
slug: hover
url: "https://toolweight.com/tools/hover"
homepage: "https://www.hover.com/"
categories: domain-registrars
last_verified: 2026-06-30
dataset_version: 0738be72
license: CC-BY-4.0
---

# Hover

> Expensive, calm and upsell-free, with the best phone support in the category.

- Tucows' retail registrar, built on not doing what GoDaddy does: no cart upsells, WHOIS privacy included, all-inclusive pricing.
- Human support that answers quickly.
- You pay for it: .com sits well above the discount tier and the TLD list is curated rather than exhaustive.
- Worth it for people who value a quiet invoice over a cheap one.

## Identity

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Hover |
| Company | Tucows |
| One-liner | Expensive, calm and upsell-free, with the best phone support in the category. |
| Site | https://www.hover.com/ |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Open source | No |
| Compared in | 1 |

## Where it is compared

### [Domain registrars](https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars)
Ranked **#8 of 15** on default weights.
| Field | Value | Confidence | Verified | Source | Note | Permalink |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free WHOIS privacy | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-06-30 | https://www.hover.com/ | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--free_whois_privacy |
| DNSSEC | ◐ | Community-reported | - | - | Supported on some TLDs; management is not fully self-service. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--dnssec |
| DNS hosting | standard | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--dns_hosting |
| Email forwarding | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-06-30 | https://www.hover.com/ | Free forwarding; Hover also sells real mailboxes. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--email_forwarding |
| Bulk management | ◐ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--bulk_management |
| TLDs offered | 300 TLDs | Inferred | - | - | Approximate; deliberately curated rather than exhaustive. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--tld_count |
| Public API | ○ | Inferred | - | - | No documented public API for retail customers. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--api_available |
| Support quality | 5 | Community-reported | - | - | Phone and chat answered quickly by people who know the product, the brand's main asset. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--support_responsiveness |
| .com first year | $17.99/yr | Inferred | - | - | Approximate; inclusive of privacy and the ICANN fee. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--com_first_year |
| .com renewal | $19.99/yr | Inferred | - | - | Approximate. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--com_renewal |
| Renewal jump | $2/yr | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--renewal_delta |
| At-cost pricing | ○ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--at_cost_pricing |
| Fee transparency | ● | Inferred | - | - | Advertised price is all-inclusive; nothing is added later. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--icann_fee_transparency |
| .com.au renewal | - | Inferred | - | - | Not offered, .au is outside Hover's curated TLD list. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--au_renewal |
| Transfer-out friction | 2 | Community-reported | - | - | Unlock and code via the dashboard or a single support message; no retention pressure. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--transfer_out_friction |
| Auth code delivery | dashboard-plus-email | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--epp_code_delivery |
| Registry lock | ○ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--registry_lock |
| 2FA methods | totp | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--two_factor |
| .au accredited | ○ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--au_accreditation |
| Account recovery | 4 | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--account_recovery |
| Domains managed | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--domains_under_mgmt |
| Ownership | public-company | Inferred | - | - | Tucows, NASDAQ-listed. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--ownership |
| Upsell aggression | 1 | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--upsell_aggression |
| Ad parking | ○ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--parking_ads |
| Positioning | Pay more, get left alone. | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#hover--positioning |

**Verdict.** The priciest registrar here still worth recommending: no upsells and a phone number that answers.

## Alternatives

- [Cloudflare Registrar](https://toolweight.com/tools/cloudflare-registrar), At-cost registration bolted to Cloudflare DNS, no markup, ever.
- [Crazy Domains](https://toolweight.com/tools/crazy-domains), Australian bait pricing: single-digit first year, then several times that.
- [Dynadot](https://toolweight.com/tools/dynadot), Domainer-oriented registrar with strong bulk tools and a built-in marketplace.
- [Gandi](https://toolweight.com/tools/gandi), European registrar with huge TLD breadth and post-2023 premium pricing.
- [GoDaddy](https://toolweight.com/tools/godaddy), The default registrar for people who have never compared registrars.
- [Namecheap](https://toolweight.com/tools/namecheap), The mainstream cheap registrar: heavy first-year discounts, higher renewals.
- [NameSilo](https://toolweight.com/tools/namesilo), Flat renewals, free privacy and portfolio tooling for people holding hundreds.
- [Netim](https://toolweight.com/tools/netim), French registrar with unusually deep ccTLD coverage and corporate controls.
- [Porkbun](https://toolweight.com/tools/porkbun), Near-cost pricing with free privacy, SSL and forwarding, and a clean exit.
- [Sav](https://toolweight.com/tools/sav), Very cheap registrations bundled with an aftermarket and parking business.
- [Spaceship](https://toolweight.com/tools/spaceship), Namecheap's newer consumer brand, aggressive intro pricing, modern dashboard.
- [Squarespace Domains](https://toolweight.com/tools/squarespace-domains), The Google Domains book, flat-priced at around US$20 with privacy included.

## Logo & brand colours

SVG files: https://toolweight.com/teams/hover/logo.svg and https://toolweight.com/teams/hover/mono.svg. JSON: https://toolweight.com/api/v1/brands/hover.

| Hex | oklch |
| --- | --- |
| #000000 | oklch(0.0% 0.000 0.0) |

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