SSL, which is short for Secure Sockets Layer, is a security protocol that enciphers the information which customers submit on a website. If they input a username and a password on a login page or they purchase goods and services online and they input their credit card info, the data will be exchanged with the web server in an encrypted form, which means that an unauthorized third-party will not be able to see it. An SSL certificate will raise the protection of your Internet site and will make it more inviting to customers, but in addition to the cost for the SSL, you have to spend extra money for a dedicated IP address, which is typically needed for the SSL installation. If you manage a modest e-commerce portal and your budget is small or you're a part of a non-profit organization and you can find much better use for the funds, you'll be able to avoid the additional expense by taking advantage of our services due to the fact that our cloud website hosting platform supports SSL certificates not only on a dedicated IP address, but also on a shared one.

Shared SSL IP in Shared Hosting

A shared IP can be employed for any SSL certificate, regardless if you get it from our company or from some other seller and regardless of the shared hosting service that you have on our end. If you acquire the SSL from us, you will find this option on the certificate order page inside your hosting Control Panel where you can also make use of the 1-click automatic configuration option that we offer you. If the latter is picked in the SSL order wizard, our system shall install and set up everything for you using the specially configured server shared IP address, so once you acquire and approve the SSL, there will not be anything else to do on your end. You'll be able to save the cash that you will otherwise have to pay for a dedicated IP address and the SSL shall do the job in the exact same way, so any info that the website visitors submit shall be encrypted. The sole difference is that if you type the shared IP address instead of your domain inside a browser, the site won't display.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

Any SSL certificate could be used with our specially set up shared IPs, so if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you can use this option with just a couple of mouse clicks when you install a certificate which you acquire through us or through another vendor. For the SSLs we offer you could also take advantage of another function and have our system set everything up for you. In this way once you approve the SSL, the shared IP address will be set for the specific domain or subdomain and the certificate shall be installed with no action required on your end, so any data that visitors submit on your website will be secure. The SSL will do the job in the same exact way irrespective if it's set on a shared or a dedicated IP and the only thing which is different between the two setups is that typing the shared IP as a URL in a browser will not open your website.