If you want to protect the data that visitors submit on your website, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation stands for Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol employed to encode any information exchanged between a site and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any information, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing level of encryption makes it practically impossible to decrypt the actual content, so if you have a login form of some kind or you offer services and goods online and clients submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate will be a guarantee that the data is secure. Normally a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your Internet site. The additional cost may matter when you run a small online shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity that doesn't generate a big income, so to save you the 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 Shared Website Hosting

You'll be able to use this option with all of our shared website hosting plans and with any SSL certificate issued from any vendor. If you prefer to use an SSL from our company, everything will be set up automatically and you'll not need to do anything after you order and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will allow you to pick a shared IP to be used and the SSL to be installed by our system, so using this feature requires a maximum of 2 additional mouse clicks after you fill the needed data for the certificate. The adequate functioning of the SSL will not be affected in any way and any info which website visitors submit on your website shall be encrypted and secured in the very same way. The sole difference from working with a dedicated address is that http:// will not open your Internet site, but it is unlikely that anybody will ever try to access it in this way rather than entering your domain within the web browser URL bar.