SSL, which is short for Secure Sockets Layer, is a security protocol which enciphers the info which customers submit on a website. If they enter a username and a password on a login page or they acquire services and products online and they input their credit card info, the data will be exchanged with the server in an encrypted form, hence an unauthorized third-party shall not able to see it. An SSL certificate will raise the security of your website and shall make it more inviting to customers, but in addition to the cost for the SSL, you must spend more money for a dedicated IP address, that's usually needed for the SSL installation. If you run a modest e-commerce portal and your budget is tight or you are a part of a non-profit organization and you can find far better use for the capital, you could avoid the added expense by making use of our services since our cloud web hosting platform supports SSL certificates not only on a dedicated IP address, but also on a shared one.

Shared SSL IP in Shared Web Hosting

A shared IP can be employed for any SSL certificate, no matter if you acquire it from our company or from a different dealer and regardless of the shared web hosting plan you have on our end. If you acquire the SSL from us, you shall find this option on the certificate order page inside your hosting Control Panel where you can also take full advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option we offer. If the latter is picked in the SSL order wizard, our system shall install and set up everything for you via the specifically configured server shared IP, so once you acquire and approve the SSL, there shall not be anything else to do on your end. You'll be able to save the cash that you'll otherwise have to pay for a dedicated IP address and the SSL will do the job in the exact same way, so any info which the site visitors submit shall be encoded. The only difference is that if you type the shared IP address instead of your domain name within a web browser, the website will not display.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

The shared IP option is available with all Linux semi-dedicated hosting plans and the setup takes merely a couple of mouse clicks in the hosting Control Panel irrespective if you buy an SSL through our company or via a third-party provider. There won't be any difference with regards to how the certificate works or encrypts the info your visitors submit, so your website will be secure without spending any additional cash for a dedicated IP address. The sole thing that'll be different is that https://the-shared-IP shall not open your website, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it is quite unlikely that anyone will ever try to access your internet site in this way instead of keying in your domain name. Additionally we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs acquired via our company and if you select it and you opt to use a shared IP rather than a dedicated one, our system will set everything up as soon as the SSL is approved and issued without any action on your end.