SSL, which is short for Secure Sockets Layer, is a security protocol that encodes the info which users submit on an Internet site. If they enter a username and a password on a login page or they purchase products and services online and they enter their credit card information, the data shall be exchanged with the web server in an encrypted form, thus an unauthorized third-party won't be able to see it. An SSL certificate will heighten the protection of your website and shall make it more attractive to clients, but besides the cost for the SSL, you must spend more funds for a dedicated IP address, which is normally required for the SSL installation. In case you manage a small e-commerce portal and your budget is small or you are a part of a non-profit organization and you can find much better use for the capital, you can avoid the extra expense by making use of our services as 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 Shared Web Hosting

A shared IP could be employed for any SSL certificate, no matter if you get it from us or from some other vendor and regardless of the shared web hosting service you have on our end. If you get the SSL through us, you'll come across this option on the certificate order page within your hosting Control Panel where you can also take advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option we offer. If the latter is selected within the SSL order wizard, our system shall install and set up everything for you through the specifically configured server shared IP address, therefore 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 funds you will otherwise have to pay for a dedicated IP and the SSL shall do the job in the same exact way, so any data that the site visitors submit will be encrypted. The one difference is that if you input the shared IP instead of your domain within a web browser, the site shall not show up.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Any SSL certificate could be used with our specifically configured shared IPs, therefore if you have a semi-dedicated hosting account, you can use this option with simply a couple of mouse clicks when you install a certificate that you purchase through us or through any other vendor. For the SSLs which we offer you could also take advantage of another function and have our system set everything up for you. This way the instant you approve the SSL, the shared IP address shall be set for the given domain or subdomain and the certificate will be installed without any action expected on your end, and so any data that website visitors submit on your Internet site shall be secure. The SSL shall perform in the same exact way no matter if it's set on a shared or a dedicated IP and the 1 thing that's different between the two setups is that typing the shared IP address as a URL inside an Internet browser shall not open your Internet site.