13 Websites to Help Inspire Your Big Idea

It’s our 13th birthday! We are so excited to celebrate our anniversary with you today, which marks 13 amazing years of helping turn ideas into reality. To celebrate, we want to help you get your big idea off the ground. Hover has helped to launch hundreds of websites over the years and we’ve compiled a list of some of the most impressive we’ve seen to get you inspired. If that isn’t enough, you can get your perfect domain at a great price through our biggest sale of the year.

1. Fandom.com

Fandom.com is the world’s largest fan wiki platform. This massive entertainment site takes a fans-first approach to its content and promises daily updates for all things TV, movies, and games. You’ll get the most in-depth info about anything you’re watching or playing from the world of movies, TV, video games, and anime. Whether you want to read up on your favourite characters, discuss story arcs, or get the latest news on new releases, fandom.com is the way to go.

2. Bigcartel.com

Big Cartel serves as an easy online store platform for artists & makers. Big Cartel makes it simple to build a unique online store, sell your work, and run a creative business. With a mission to help artists, makers, and small brands start making a living doing what they love, Big Cartel has helped people from all over the world to sell over $2.5 billion worth of works since they launched in 2005. Proclaimed as “for artists and by artists,” this website remains 100% independent.

3. Instapaper.com

Read anything from anywhere at any time with Instapaper! Instapaper is a way to save, read, and manage the things you find on the Internet all in one handy place. It syncs posts you save from the Internet across all your devices so you can read anything you save, even when you’re offline. Use this site as the ultimate collection of references! Never lose a Tweet, article, or video ever again with Instapaper. 

4. Streamable.com

Join thousands of businesses and creators who trust Streamable to upload and share their videos. Streamable strives to make video hosting that’s both fast and easy. Among their standout features is a nifty one-click resizing tool that lets you easily create landscape, square, or vertical formats of all your content. This saves you time in editing while creating videos for every platform and channel.

5. Jotform.com 

Are you a small business looking for a way to accept payments, generate reports, and automate workflows? Jotform may be the perfect solution for you. This is a full-featured online form builder with a full suite of integrations that makes it easy to create professional forms and collect important data for your business. Process payments seamlessly and build better workflows for your business this year. Get organized with Jotform!  

6. Theculturetrip.com

Get ready for your next adventure with The Culture Trip! Get the best travel guides and book unique trips, stays, and experiences for your next vacation. Use theculturetrip.com as the all-in-one platform to get inspired, discover, and book your stays and experiences. 

7. Usgbc.org

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is an organization that works to build healthy, efficient, and equitable green buildings and communities across the United States. Their website contains frequent updates, project databases, and a multitude of educational resources. For more than 25 years, the USGBC community has come together with its members to make the planet greener and more sustainable.

8. Theworld.org 

The World is public radio’s longest-running daily global news program. This organization seeks to highlight American issues and events through the eyes of foreign observers and engage domestic US audiences with international affairs through human-centered journalism that consistently connects the global to the local and builds empathy for people around the world. Their key areas of focus are global security, women & gender, the environment, migration and public health.

9. G2.com 

Looking for the right software for your business? @G2dotcom has got you covered. You can choose the right software and services for your business based on 1,586,000+ authentic, timely reviews from real users. Experience the world’s largest tech marketplace where businesses can discover, review, and manage the technology they need to reach their full potential.

10. Dailyhive.com

Established in 2008, the Daily Hive is a Canadian-born online news source that creates compelling, hyperlocal content. If your location settings are enabled, the site automatically populates with local news from the closest of 5 major Canadian cities (Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, and Toronto) as well as two cities in the United States (Seattle and Portland). If not, you can easily toggle from the drop-down tab to check out the news in other cities. 

11. Twit.tv

Stay up to date with the latest technology developments with This Week in Tech!  Since 2005, @TWiT has had the unique distinction of being one of the world’s first all-tech podcast networks. Get info on anything tech-related here. Whether it’s updates on your favourite apps and programs, reviews on the latest camera gear, or news about the biggest companies in tech today, twit.tv has you covered. 

12. Marketrealist.com 

Want to get into investing but don’t know where to start? Market Realist is on a mission to help investors make informed decisions with a platform that shares must-know news highlights, in-depth analysis, and overviews of leading industries and companies around the world. Compromised of seasoned analysts and meticulous editors, Market Realist distills this information into easily digestible quick-read newsletters that anyone can sign up for. 

13. Brownbook.net

Brownbook.net is a free Global Business Listing Database that anyone can use. Any individual or business is free to add listings, updates, and reviews for businesses instantaneously. This platform serves as a global reference resource that business owners and their agents can use to drive local search traffic to their sites. Add and verify your business on Brownbook to help rank on major search engines and drive more customers to your business. 

We hope you enjoyed our round-up of 13 of some of the most incredible websites using Hover that are on the Internet today. Whether you’re interested in launching a media company, non-profit organization, or personal brand, Hover is here to help. Check out some of the awesome domains we have on sale this week and get your idea off the ground today!