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Simple domain management had always been the goal – though, at that time, "simple" meant a single fax machine with several phone lines. </p> </div> </div> <div class="history_block_container "> <div class="date_area"> <h3>1999</h3> </div> <div class="content_area"> <h3>ICANN accreditation</h3> <p>Tucows becomes one of the first ICANN-accredited domain name registrars.</p> </div> </div> <div class="history_block_container "> <div class="date_area"> <h3>2006</h3> </div> <div class="content_area"> <h3>NetIdentity and It's Your Domain</h3> <p>Tucows acquired NetIdentity in 2006, and It's Your Domain in 2007. NetIdentity in particular came with a collection of 40,000 surname domains that we use to offer unique personalized email addresses.</p> </div> </div> <div class="history_block_container "> <div class="date_area"> <h3>2009</h3> </div> <div class="content_area"> <h3>Hover launches</h3> <p>Hover was born in early 2009 after merging the domain acquisition brands to bring the best services, technology, and tools under a single entity. The original hummingbird icon along the brand name was chosen to embody the speed and ease we bring to domain management. Not to mention, it was the shortest, coolest domain name up for grabs.</p> </div> </div> <div class="history_block_container "> <div class="date_area"> <h3 class="shift_left">Today</h3> </div> <div class="content_area"> <h3 class="green_dot"><span>You’ve got the ideas, we’ve got the domains.</span></h3> <p>We love helping people find their domains and supporting creators, entrepreneurs, and companies around the globe with our skills and expert touch.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="grid_full_width sp0_top sp0_bottom bgcolor_green-lighter"> <div class="grid_content align_middle"> <div class="grid_two full_height swap_on_small"> <div class="nine_block"> <div class="four_item center bgcolor_green-darker "> <img src="https://hover-assets.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/images/aboutus/image1.png" class="invert" alt="" /> </div> <div class="four_item center bgcolor_green5"> <img src="https://hover-assets.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/images/aboutus/image2.png" alt="" /> </div> <div class="four_item center bgcolor_grey3"> <img src="https://hover-assets.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/images/aboutus/image3.png" alt="" /> </div> <div class="four_item center bgcolor_white"> <img src="https://hover-assets.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/images/aboutus/image4.png" alt="" /> </div> <div class="four_item center bgcolor_green"> <img src="https://hover-assets.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/images/aboutus/image5.png" alt="" /> </div> <div class="four_item center bgcolor_charcoal"> <img src="https://hover-assets.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/images/aboutus/image6.png" class="invert" alt="" /> </div> <div class="four_item center bgcolor_charcoal"> <img src="https://hover-assets.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/images/aboutus/image7.png" class="invert" alt="" /> </div> <div class="four_item center bgcolor_blue"> <img src="https://hover-assets.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/images/aboutus/image8.png" alt="" /> </div> <div class="four_item center bgcolor_primary"> <img src="https://hover-assets.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/images/aboutus/image9.png" class="invert" alt="" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid_two standard_padding_right swap_on_small"> <div class="icon_detail_block"> <div class="block_content"> <h2 class="h3">Who we support</h2> <p class="para_large">Sometimes big ideas need a little help. From podcasts to festivals, we’re proud to be patrons of inspiring projects that help fuel the Internet.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="testimonial_block variation3 sp10_top sp8_bottom"> <div class="section__intro"> <h2 class="h3 text_align_center">Real reviews by real people</h2> </div> <div class="testimonial_content align_top"> <div class="slide pos_0"> <div class="testimonial"> <h3>Jack Murphy</h3> <p>“Hover allows me to grow and expand my business online. When I was invited to Milan Fashion Week last fall, I was getting interest for many opportunities, Hover made it easy to create professional domain emails for me and my staff, to respond to the new demands of the company. Hover makes starting and growing a business online easy!”</p> </div> <div class="testimonial"> <h3>Judy Rivard</h3> <p>“I love having my name as my e-mail address and have used this to brand my business since Net Identity. Thank you Hover!”</p> </div> <div class="testimonial"> <h3>Laura Donnelly</h3> <p>"Whenever I have a domain question or want a new domain or need to call tech support the people are awesome. I'm not super techy and the support people take the time to explain things, help me understand the best option for me, what I need to do next. Best of all, they Never make me feel stupid for asking questions!"</p> </div> <div class="testimonial"> <h3>Red Tartans</h3> <p>“I love Hover because they make registering a domain and connecting to a website so smooth and easy. I also love their community, people-focused initiatives, like when they sponsor Girls Learning to Code.”</p> </div> <div class="testimonial"> <h3>Gary Martin</h3> <p>"We’ve been using Hover for twelve years for client sites. Hover customer service is the best we’ve experienced from any domain provider. Hover makes it extremely simple to manage domains and email. We wouldn’t even consider using anyone else."</p> </div> <div class="testimonial"> <h3>Aitana</h3> <p>"I have used other domain websites before and Hover has been such an easy, great and well priced alternative. 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