SSL, which is short for Secure Sockets Layer, is a security protocol that encodes the information that users submit on a website. If they input a username and a password on a login page or they buy services and goods online and they input their credit card details, the data will be exchanged with the server in an encrypted form, thus an unauthorized third-party shall not able to see it. An SSL certificate will increase the security of your site and will make it more attractive to clients, but on top of the cost for the SSL, you need to spend additional funds for a dedicated IP address, which is usually needed for the SSL installation. In case you have a modest e-commerce portal and your budget is limited or you are a part of a non-profit organization and you could find far better use for the money, you'll be able to avoid the added expense by taking advantage of our services as our cloud hosting platform supports SSL certificates not only on a dedicated IP address, but also on a shared one.

Shared SSL IP in Shared Website Hosting

A shared IP can be used for any SSL certificate, no matter if you buy it from us or from another vendor and regardless of the shared website hosting service which you have on our end. If you acquire the SSL from us, you'll discover this option on the certificate order page in your hosting Control Panel where you could also take advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option that we offer you. If the latter is selected in the SSL order wizard, our system shall install and set up everything for you through the specially configured server shared IP, thus once you buy and approve the SSL, there will not be anything else to do on your end. You can save the cash that you'll otherwise need to pay for a dedicated IP and the SSL shall work in the same exact way, so any info that the visitors submit shall be encrypted. The one difference is that if you input the shared IP instead of your domain within a browser, the website shall not display.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

Any SSL certificate can be employed with our specially set up shared IPs, so if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you'll be able to use this option with merely several mouse clicks when you install a certificate which you obtain through us or through some other vendor. For the SSLs that we offer you can also take advantage of an extra function and have our system set everything up for you. In this way as soon as you approve the SSL, the shared IP will be set for the specific domain or subdomain and the certificate will be installed with no action needed on your end, and so any data that visitors submit on your Internet site will be protected. The SSL will do the job in the exact same way irrespective if it is set on a shared or a dedicated IP and the one thing that's different between the two setups is that entering the shared IP address as a URL within an Internet browser shall not open your Internet site.