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If you register a domain from Hover.com, it is easy to point that domain at a Heroku app.

Let's pretend I registered `example.com` for this example.

### Steps

##### In Hover

* Go to https://www.hover.com/domains
* Hover over your domain and click "Edit"
 * you should be taken to the domain page and that page should have tabs. You should be on the "Domain Details" tab
* forward this domain to http://`www.`example.com.  Click "Edit" and forward the domain.  You don't need to check the "Enable stealth redirection" checkbox.
* Click on the "DNS" tab
 * Click "Add New" button - specify "www" as the hostname. Specify "CNAME" for the Record Type, and "Value" should be the name of your Heroku App, like appname.herokuapp.com

##### In Heroku

Go to your App's settings page. Under the "Domains" section, click the "Add Domain" button, and specify `www.example.com`. The DNS Target defaults to your app's URL.

### Test & Verify

The result is that visiting example.com will forward to www.example.com, which will be properly pointed at your Heroku App appname.herokuapp.com.

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