Who is Hover?

Hover is the retail domain registrar of Tucows, the Toronto-based domain and internet company that also owns Enom and OpenSRS. Tucows launched Hover in December 2008 as the new name of its retail division. Hover sells domains and email but no website building or web hosting.

What it is
Domain registrar, DNS provider
Part of
Tucows
Based in
Toronto, Canada
Launched
2008
ICANN accreditation
Through Tucows Domains Inc., IANA ID 69
Website
hover.com

Who owns Hover?

Tucows. Hover is its brand for selling domains directly to people, built on Tucows’ wholesale platform OpenSRS.

Hover in axath Analytics

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Last reviewed October 9, 2026.

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