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Charity by renewing its domain name — Support a

A unique gift this holiday season: renewing a domain name.

Domain name registrar Hover has come up with a creative promotion to help charities.

The registrar is asking people to support charities by renewing the charities’ domain names for them.

You can see a list of charities that have their domains at Hover here. All you have to do is click the charity link, add how many years you want to renew its domain for, and then go through the checkout.

You’ll also be entered to win a $500 Amazon.com gift card as an added bonus for helping out a charity.

Hover was the first registrar I’m aware of to offer no-login renewals, which makes this renewal idea possible.

Pretty neat idea. Almost as cool as auctioning off the world’s most expensive sugar cookie.

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