If you'd like to protect the info which visitors submit on your website, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol used to encrypt any information exchanged between a site and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any information, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The current level of encryption makes it practically impossible to decrypt the authentic content, thus if you have a login form of some sort or you offer products and services online and customers submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the information is secure. Normally a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your Internet site. The additional cost may matter if you manage a small online shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which doesn't make a big income, so to save you the cash, our cloud hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Hosting

You'll be able to use a shared IP address for an SSL certificate with every hosting package that we offer and irrespective if the SSL is bought through our company or through a third-party business. If the SSL is acquired on our end, not only will you be able to pick the shared IP to be set during the order, but you may also choose our auto-configuration option, so when you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system shall do the installation for you within a few seconds and you won't need to do anything by hand. The only difference between employing a shared IP and a dedicated one is that your website will not appear if you try to open https://the-IP-address as opposed to https://your-domain-name, but other than that, everything will be identical. With this feature you can protect the information of your clients and have a risk-free site without the extra expense for a dedicated IP address.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

You'll be able to use a shared IP address for an SSL purchased through us or through any other supplier with any one of our semi-dedicated hosting plans. The setup is really basic and if you obtain the certificate from our company, you could also take full advantage of our SSL wizard where with just a couple of clicks you can select the SSL to be installed automatically for the selected domain name or subdomain on the shared IP address that is configured to be used for this specific purpose. This option will save you time and work as you will not need to do anything after you approve the SSL through email, not mentioning the cash you will save for the IP on a monthly basis. Your site shall be protected and any client will feel assured that their information shall be protected considering that using a shared IP address doesn't influence the adequate functioning of the certificate and the only real difference from using a dedicated one is that the IP cannot be used as a URL to access your site.