SSL, which is short for Secure Sockets Layer, is a security protocol which encodes the information that clients submit on an Internet site. If they input a username and a password on a login page or they buy goods and services online and they type in their credit card information, the data will be exchanged with the hosting server in an encrypted form, which means that an unauthorized third-party shall not able to see it. An SSL certificate will heighten the safety of your Internet site and shall make it more attractive to customers, but on top of the cost for the SSL, you have to spend more money for a dedicated IP address, that's typically needed for the SSL installation. If you have a small e-commerce portal and your budget is limited or you are a part of a non-profit organization and you can find much better use for the capital, you could avoid the additional expense by making use of our services due to the fact that 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 Cloud Website Hosting

A shared IP could be used for any SSL certificate, irrespective if you purchase it from us or from some other vendor and regardless of the cloud website hosting plan that you have on our end. If you acquire the SSL from us, you'll discover this option on the certificate order page within your hosting CP where you could also make use of the 1-click automatic configuration option which we offer you. If the latter is picked within the SSL order wizard, our system shall install and set up everything for you through the specifically configured server shared IP, so once you order and approve the SSL, there will not be anything else to do on your end. You could save the funds that you will otherwise need to pay for a dedicated IP and the SSL shall function in the same exact way, so any info the website visitors submit will be encrypted. The only difference is that if you enter the shared IP address instead of your domain name inside a browser, the site will not appear.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can use a shared IP address for an SSL bought through us or through any other vendor with any one of our Linux semi-dedicated servers. The setup is extremely basic and if you acquire the certificate from our company, you could also take full advantage of our SSL wizard where with merely a few clicks you could pick the SSL to be installed automatically for the particular domain name or subdomain on the shared IP address that is configured to be employed for this particular purpose. This option shall save you time and efforts given that you won't need to do anything after you approve the SSL through e-mail, not mentioning the funds you'll save for the IP address on a monthly basis. Your website shall be protected and any customer will feel confident that their data will be protected considering that using a shared IP address doesn't influence the adequate performance of the certificate and the only difference from using a dedicated one is that the IP address cannot be used as a URL to access your website.