SSL, which is short for Secure Sockets Layer, is a security protocol that encrypts the information that clients submit on a website. If they enter a username and a password on a login page or they acquire services and products online and they enter their credit card information, the data will be exchanged with the server in an encrypted form, thus an unauthorized third-party shall not able to see it. An SSL certificate will raise the safety of your Internet site and will make it more attractive to consumers, but besides the cost for the SSL, you must spend additional funds for a dedicated IP address, that's normally 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 far better use for the funds, you'll be able to avoid the added 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 Shared Website Hosting

A shared IP can be employed for any SSL certificate, no matter if you purchase it from us or from a different seller and regardless of the shared website hosting service which you have on our end. If you obtain the SSL from us, you'll come across this option on the certificate order page in your hosting CP where you can also take full advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option that we offer. If the latter is picked inside the SSL order wizard, our system will install and set up everything for you via the specially configured server shared IP address, therefore once you buy and approve the SSL, there won't be anything else to do on your end. You could save the funds that you will otherwise need to pay for a dedicated IP address and the SSL will work in the exact same way, so any info that the website visitors submit shall be encrypted. The one difference is that if you input the shared IP address instead of your domain within a web browser, the website shall not display.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

The shared IP address option is available with all Linux semi-dedicated servers and the setup takes just a couple of clicks in the hosting Control Panel regardless if you purchase an SSL through our company or through a third-party provider. There won't be any difference with regards to how the certificate functions or encrypts the data that your site visitors submit, so your website shall be protected without spending any additional funds for a dedicated IP. The sole thing which will be different is that https://the-shared-IP won't open your site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it is quite unlikely that anyone shall ever try to access your site in this way as opposed to typing your domain. We also offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs acquired through our company and if you select it and you decide to use a shared IP address as opposed to a dedicated one, our system will set everything up the minute the SSL is approved and issued with no need for any action on your end.