I am always a little cautious when it comes to domain name companies.  The usual formula, if you look at GoDaddy as an example is to offer the basics, and then load you up with a continuation of ads on top of ads trying to trick you into getting extra services you don’t need.  However, Hover – from the Tucows company is really breaking the domain name registration mold by offering you more tools and less junk to avoid.

Domain Names Made Simple

Hover is looking to make the domain name registration and management woes we all go through a lot easier. You get all the important basics like domain forwarding, email forwarding and even custom URLs. The prices are also very simple and easy to understand too.

Create Your Own Short Links

The best feature of Hover is the ability to create your own short URLs with your own custom domain, using the Hover tools. All you need to do is install the Hover This! bookmarlet, and then you can create your own list of shared links with your own domain name.  So, you no longer have to use somebody else’s domain name in your shortened links.

Great Domain Name Support

Hover’s support and tutorials are also top notch too.  They are very simply written, so you can easily understand all the steps and how to do this, that and the other.  You can check out the help resources yourself by visiting help.hover.com.

Overall, Hover gets two thumbs up from me.  I might even start moving my own domain registrations over from GoDaddy so that I can manage my own domains in a much easier to understand straight-forward interface.

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