SSL, which stands short for Secure Sockets Layer, is a security protocol which enciphers the info that clients submit on a website. If they type in a username and a password on a login page or they acquire services and products online and they type in their credit card details, the data shall be exchanged with the server in an encrypted form, which means that an unauthorized third-party won't be able to see it. An SSL certificate will raise the security of your website and will make it more inviting to clients, but besides the cost for the SSL, you must spend additional funds for a dedicated IP address, which is usually required for the SSL installation. In case you have a small e-commerce portal and your budget is tight or you are a part of a non-profit organization and you can find better use for the funds, you'll be able to avoid the additional expense by taking advantage of our services since our cloud website hosting platform supports SSL certificates not just on a dedicated IP address, but also on a shared one.
Shared SSL IP in Cloud Website Hosting
A shared IP could be employed for any SSL certificate, irrespective if you purchase it from our company or from some other seller and regardless of the cloud website hosting plan which you have on our end. If you obtain the SSL through us, you will come across this option on the certificate order page inside your hosting Control Panel where you could also take full advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option which we offer. If the latter is chosen in the SSL order wizard, our system will install and set up everything for you through the specifically configured server shared IP address, thus once you acquire and approve the SSL, there won't 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 shall do the job in the exact same way, so any info the visitors submit will be encoded. The only difference is that if you type the shared IP address instead of your domain name within a browser, the Internet site shall not show up.