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Add to SafariWhen comparing Name vs Hover, the Slant community recommends Hover for most people. In the question“What are the best domain name registrars/providers?” Hover is ranked 4th while Name is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Hover is:
Private whois registration is included at no extra charge.
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Pros
Pro Two factor authentication
Two factor authentication allows the domain to recognize more than one entity of identification; knowledge factor and possession factor.
Pro Reasonable prices
Name's .com prices are just a hair above Namecheap at $10.99/year vs $10.69/year. Potential coupon codes could be used to save some money.
Pro Will pre-charge your credit card in case of expiration
If you have established a payment profile on your account and wish to have automatic billing for your domains, they will attempt to renew the domains about 1 month before the expiration date. If the credit card has expired, they will notify you that there was a problem with your payment and that your card will need to be updated.
Pro Great support
Technician are prompt, helpful, responsive and do not hesitate to take responsibility on behalf of the company.
Pro Thoughtful UI
They have put some thought into their user interface. DNS changes, NS updates and registrar transfers are extremely simple with name.com. And the UI remained relatively unchanged for years.
Pro Offers domain registrations with Google apps
Name.com offers domain registrations with Google apps.
Pro Free email forwarding
Pro Free and unlimited sub domains
Pro Private registration is included
Private whois registration is included at no extra charge.
Pro Simple
Known because of their efforts in simplifying domain management.
Pro Free subdomains
There is no limit on the number of subdomains you can have, and they cost no extra fee. They also support wildcard subdomains.
Pro Has a feedback forum where you can submit and vote on feature requests
As can be seen here.
Pro Fast phone and email support
Hover has a no wait time policy for phone support, and get back to your emails in a very timely fashion. A test support email got a response in 10 minutes.
Cons
Con A lot of spam directed to your listed email
By far the most spam of any registrar almost as if they sell your email if you don't pay for privacy.
Con Private whois registration costs extra
Their Whois Privacy service costs an extra $3.99/year
Con Does not support catch all email forwarding
You cannot forward undefined email address messages.
Con Renewal is expensive, especially multi-year which should be discounted
Hover is reliable. But their days of being price competitive are past. There are better options out there. They've lost their customer focus in this regard. Taking advantage of existing customers with high renewals is poor practice in any business.
Con Email forwarding costs extra
Email forwarding costs an extra $5 a year per address per domain, and they do not support catch all forwarding to all addresses.
