If you'd like to protect the info that visitors submit on your Internet site, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol employed to encode any info exchanged between a website and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any data, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing level of encryption makes it virtually impossible to decrypt the real content, so if you have a login form of some kind or you offer services and goods online and clients submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate shall be a guarantee that the data is protected. Typically a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your website. The additional cost may matter when you manage a small online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity that does not generate a big income, so to save you the money, our cloud website hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Shared Hosting

A shared IP can be used for any SSL certificate, regardless if you get it from our company or from a different vendor and regardless of the shared hosting service which you have on our end. If you get the SSL from us, you shall come across this option on the certificate order page inside your hosting CP where you could also take full advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option 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, therefore once you order and approve the SSL, there will not be anything else to do on your end. You'll be able to save the cash you will otherwise need to pay for a dedicated IP address and the SSL will work in the same exact way, so any data that the website visitors submit will be encoded. The only difference is that if you enter the shared IP address instead of your domain within an Internet browser, the website won't appear.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

You could use a shared IP address for an SSL purchased through us or through any other dealer with any of our semi-dedicated servers. The setup is really basic and if you obtain the certificate from our company, you can also take full advantage of our SSL wizard where with just a couple of mouse clicks you can choose the SSL to be installed automatically for the selected domain or subdomain on the shared IP address that is configured to be used for this particular purpose. This option shall save you time and efforts considering that you'll not have to do anything after you approve the SSL via e mail, not mentioning the money you'll save for the IP address on a monthly basis. Your site will be secure and any customer will feel assured that their data shall be protected as using a shared IP address doesn't influence the proper operation of the certificate and the only real difference from using a dedicated one is that the IP address can't be used as a URL to access your website.