# Hover 13 Hacker News commenters recommended Hover and 18 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 15 years (3 owners). **Verdict:** Long-running registrar that owners have used for years without trouble. Critics say a steep renewal price increase was poorly communicated and support handled it badly. ## Why people recommend it - Trouble-free for long-time users (4 comments): "Based on just my multi-year experience with a reliable interface." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50148528)) "I haven't a problem with them in the decades I've been with them" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49029048)) "Doesn't seem to be an issue with Hover, here." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49099055)) - Switched domains to Hover (2 comments): "I've moved my domains to Hover when I found out from that Hacker news thread" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50042920)) "I've moved my domains to Hover" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50042913)) ## What people warn about - Poor notice of price increase (5 comments): "they did send two emails with the 100x price once it changed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49099705)) "I think Hover should change something, like adding PRICE CHANGE to the email headline or something similar." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49100464)) "the communication could have been much better on Hover side, especially with such a huge increase" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49101447)) - Support mishandled the renewal dispute (3 comments): "support really flubbed this one and we both agreed that going the" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49100954)) "they just didn't do a very good job" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49100533)) "our support team didn't handle this well at all and we've already issued a full refund" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49100427)) - Auto-renewed at unexpectedly high price (4 comments): "If you advertise 38 dollars to me for a product you source from someone else and that the producer suddenly charges 100x the price you can't just charge me that price" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49099414)) "hover wanted to change $70 to renew a domain that Cloudflare would charge $30 for" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49099721)) "I believe this is extremely unexpected behavior for an "auto-renew" feature." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49099235)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Porkbun](https://hackerapproved.com/p/porkbun.md): 81 recommend - [Namecheap](https://hackerapproved.com/p/namecheap.md): 35 recommend - [Cloudflare Registrar](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-registrar.md): 18 recommend - [GoDaddy domain registrar](https://hackerapproved.com/p/godaddy.md): 10 recommend - [MarkMonitor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/markmonitor.md): 10 recommend ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Hover", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hover/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).