SSL, which is short for Secure Sockets Layer, is a security protocol that encodes the data which users 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 enter their credit card information, the data will be exchanged with the web server in an encrypted form, which means that an unauthorized third-party shall not able to see it. An SSL certificate will heighten the safety of your website and will make it more appealing to clients, but besides the cost for the SSL, you need to spend more money for a dedicated IP address, which is typically needed for the SSL installation. In case you manage a modest e-commerce portal and your budget is limited or you are a part of a non-profit organization and you can find far better use for the money, you'll be able to avoid the additional expense by taking advantage of our services as 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 used for any SSL certificate, irrespective if you buy it from us or from a different dealer and regardless of the shared hosting plan you have on our end. If you acquire the SSL from us, you will come across this option on the certificate order page within your hosting CP where you can also take full advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option that we offer. If the latter is chosen inside the SSL order wizard, our system shall install and set up everything for you using the specially configured server shared IP address, thus once you order and approve the SSL, there will not be anything else to do on your end. You could save the money that you will otherwise need to pay for a dedicated IP address and the SSL will work in the exact same way, so any data that the visitors submit will be encrypted. The only difference is that if you type the shared IP instead of your domain name inside a web browser, the site will not appear.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

Any SSL certificate could be employed with our specially set up shared IPs, therefore if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you could use this option with only a couple of mouse clicks when you install a certificate which you acquire through us or through any other vendor. For the SSLs we offer you are also able to take advantage of another function and have our system set everything up for you. In this way the moment you approve the SSL, the shared IP shall be set for the particular domain name or subdomain and the certificate will be installed with no action required on your end, and thus any data that website visitors submit on your site will be protected. The SSL shall function in the same exact way no matter if it is set on a shared or a dedicated IP address and the 1 thing which is different between the two setups is that typing the shared IP address as a URL within a web browser shall not open your site.