If you wish to protect the information that visitors submit on your site, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation stands for Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol used to encode any information exchanged between an Internet site and its users to ensure that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any info, they'll not be able to read or use it in any way. The present level of encryption makes it pretty much impossible to decrypt the real content, therefore if you have a login form of some type or you offer services and products online and clients submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate shall be a guarantee that the information is protected. Typically a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional cost may matter in case you run a small web shop, a non-profit organization, or any other entity that doesn't generate a big profit, so to save you money, our cloud website hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Cloud Web Hosting

You'll be able to use a shared IP for an SSL certificate with each and every cloud web hosting plan that we offer and irrespective if the SSL is acquired through our company or through a third-party business. If the SSL is obtained on our end, not only could you pick the shared IP to be set during the order, but you may also select our auto-configuration option, so as soon as you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system shall install it for you within a matter of seconds and you won't need to do anything manually. The one difference between employing a shared IP and a dedicated one is that your site will not appear in case you try to open https://the-IP-address instead of https://your-domain-name, but aside from that, everything will be the same. With this feature you can protect the data of your customers and have a secure website without the added expense for a dedicated IP.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The shared IP address option is available with all Linux semi-dedicated services and the setup takes only two clicks in the hosting Control Panel no matter if you purchase an SSL through our enterprise or through a third-party vendor. There will not be any difference in terms of how the certificate operates or encodes the information which your site visitors submit, so your Internet site shall be secure without spending the additional money for a dedicated IP address. The only thing that will be different is that https://the-shared-IP won't open your Internet site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it's quite unlikely that anybody shall ever try to access your website in this way as opposed to entering your domain. We also offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs purchased through our company and if you select it and you choose to use a shared IP address rather than a dedicated one, our system will set everything up the instant the SSL is approved and issued with no need for any action on your end.