SSL, which stands short for Secure Sockets Layer, is a security protocol that encrypts the data which users submit on a website. If they enter a username and a password on a login page or they buy services and goods online and they input their credit card information, the data shall be exchanged with the web server in an encrypted form, therefore an unauthorized third-party shall not able to see it. An SSL certificate will heighten the safety of your website and shall make it more appealing to clients, but besides the cost for the SSL, you have to spend extra money for a dedicated IP address, which is normally required for the SSL installation. If you manage a small e-commerce portal and your budget is limited or you are a part of a non-profit organization and you can find much better use for the capital, you could avoid the added expense by taking advantage of our services given 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 could be used for any SSL certificate, no matter if you purchase it from us or from a different vendor and regardless of the shared hosting package that 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 advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option we offer. If the latter is chosen in the SSL order wizard, our system will install and set up everything for you via the specifically configured server shared IP address, therefore once you buy and approve the SSL, there will not be anything else to do on your end. You'll be able to save the funds that you'll otherwise have to pay for a dedicated IP and the SSL will function in the same exact way, so any information the website visitors submit will be encoded. The one difference is that if you enter the shared IP instead of your domain name in an Internet browser, the site shall not appear.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Any SSL certificate can be employed with our specifically set up shared IPs, so if you have a semi-dedicated hosting account, you can use this option with simply a few mouse clicks when you install a certificate that you obtain through us or through some other dealer. For the SSLs that we offer you can also take advantage of an additional function and have our system set everything up for you. This way the instant you approve the SSL, the shared IP will be set for the given domain name or subdomain and the certificate shall be installed with no action needed on your end, and so any info that site visitors submit on your website shall be protected. The SSL will work in the exact same way regardless if it's set on a shared or a dedicated IP address and the one thing that's different between the two setups is that inputting the shared IP as a URL within a web browser shall not open your Internet site.