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NICForce - Welcome to Hover (June 25, 2010)

All domains that were managed by NICForce.net have been moved to Hover. If you are a former NICForce.net customer, this article will introduce you to Hover.

How did I get here?
NICForce appears to have gone out of business without warning. As a result Tucows has closed NICForce’s reseller account and moved any remaining customers to Hover, Tucows' retail domain service.

Who is Hover?
Hover is the retail division of Tucows Inc. Tucows is a publicly-traded company that has served millions of Internet users worldwide since 1994. Tucows is one of the leading domain name registrars, with over 10 million domain names under management. (We’re not going anywhere.) Hover is focused entirely on making domain and email management simple. We have great tools and we are in the process of making them better. We have a huge library of tutorials and help videos. Most importantly, we have a large, accessible, knowledgeable, eager customer support team to help you in any way we can.

What is happening with my domain name?
Your domain name is absolutely still yours and it should still be resolving to wherever you have been pointing it. However, you can no longer manage it (make changes to settings or information) at NICForce.net.

What if it expires amid the transition?
We will not let that happen. Hover always provides a 30-day grace period following the expiration of your domain name. So even if your domain name expired tomorrow, there would be plenty of time to get you set up in our system and get you renewed without any additional charge. Even if your domain name expired recently and you think you might have missed the renewal notices, we can try to help with that too. In short, we intend to do everything we can to make sure you happily own and manage your domain name at Hover for as long as you like.

What will happen to pending domain transfers?
Pending domain transfers will continue uninterrupted. This is because the domain registrar, Tucows, has not changed. If you want more information on domain transfer procedures, please visit our transfer tutorial website here: http://about.hover.com/transfers

What happens next?
You will get an email from us with your Hover username and password. That means your domain name or domain names are there in a Hover account waiting for you. Log in and get started.

You used to manage your domain services at this website:

Introducing the Hover website:

Your domains can now be managed by signing into the Hover website online at: https://www.hover.com

Get Help From Hover

The Hover help page at http://help.hover.com is your online resource for help with using Hover services.

We'll explore the four numbered options in the screenshot above since they may be especially useful for new customers:

1. Tutorials. The tutorials link will take you to step by step guides, like this one, explaining everything from how to renew services, register domains, update name servers, enable domain privacy, edit DNS records, etcetera.

2. Customer Forums. This is a place for general discussion. Give us your feedback, submit feature requests, and post general questions to the entire Hover community. In our forums you can interact with other customers, Hover management, developers, and support representatives. We'd love to hear from you!

3. Submit A Help Request. This is our online ticketing system. Send us a ticket for account specific questions or technical problems and we'll get back to you by email within 24 hours.

4. Contact Us. Having trouble with our help page or ticketing system? Need an answer right away? Give us a call or send us a direct email to help@hover.com.

Step by Step Look at Submitting Help Requests

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To open a help request through help.hover.com, look under "Help Resources" and click on Submit A Help Request.

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If you are not already logged in, you'll be prompted to sign into your Hover account.

Select the most appropriate options from the drop down lists.

Enter your question or problem, with as much detail as possible, in the text box.

The "I feel" and "Attachment(s)" sections are optional. You can tell us how you feel or attach a file to include with your question, such as a screenshot of an error message.

Click Submit when you are done.

The ticket has been added to the open requests. Click on "View request history" to read the conversation thread.

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Click on View Help Requests from the main help page to keep track of your open help requests.
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