Hover.com Forward, $ 5.00/yr. on Linux Emails

Forward has been updated on December 18, 2025 (added July 7, 2019), Aggregate Rating (1 out of 10 from 1 reviews)

💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
🔨 Control Panel :	[In-house]
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive Chat
⚑ Targeting :	CA US
💰 Money-back guarantee :	365 days

See also initial Forward plan location on their website!

*📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

Hover is a domain-focused provider operated by Tucows.com Co., a long-standing Canadian internet services company founded in 1993 and based in Toronto, Ontario. Hover launched in 2009 as the retail arm of Tucows’ domain operations and has since specialized in domain registration, DNS management, and professional email, rather than trying to be an all-in-one web host.

The entire positioning is very clear: they aim to provide "the best domain experience" by keeping the product set narrow and the interface simple. Hover offers hundreds of top-level domains for registration and renewal, with a focus on straightforward management rather than aggressive upselling into hosting, site builders, or unrelated extras. Domain owners can manage registration periods (typically 1–10 years), enable auto-renew, lock or transfer domains, and handle all DNS settings from a single control panel.

For users who still need a website, Hover relies on integration rather than in-house hosting. The Hover Connect feature lets a customer point a domain to many popular site-building and hosting platforms (Squarespace, Shopify, Ghost, Etsy, etc.) with a few clicks, applying predefined DNS templates for each partner. Hover itself does not provide shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, or cloud hosting; those functions are intentionally left to specialized third-party providers while Hover remains the registrar and DNS/email provider.

Email is the second major product line. Hover sells professional email hosting tied to your own domain name, with IMAP/POP and a responsive webmail interface. Two main mailbox sizes are available: a "Small mailbox" with 10 GB of storage and a "Big mailbox" with 1 TB, both including spam and virus filtering, mail forwarding, autoresponders, and support for standard email clients such as Apple Mail, Outlook or Thunderbird. For customers who want a personal identity email without managing a domain, the Realnames product uses Tucows’ large portfolio of surname domains, offering addresses like firstname@lastname under various extensions. A low-cost mail-forwarding plan is also available for those who only need inbound forwarding at their domain.

Hover includes free WHOIS privacy on supported TLDs, with two-factor authentication for account access, and stringent data-processing and GDPR-aligned practices in its privacy and terms. At the DNS level, users manage records (A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, SRV) directly through Hover nameservers, and a dedicated webmail service (mail.hover.com) provides secure access to inboxes from any browser.

The service and documentation are presented in English, with a global audience in mind. There is no attempt to be a full web hosting provider; instead, Hover is a specialist in domains and email that plugs neatly into whatever hosting or CMS stack the customer prefers.