If you'd like to protect the info that visitors submit on your site, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol employed to encrypt any data exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any information, they will not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing level of encryption makes it literally impossible to decrypt the real content, thus if you have a login form of some type or you offer services and products online and clients submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate shall be an assurance that the info is protected. Normally a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your Internet site. The additional expense may matter in case you run a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity that doesn't make a big income, so to save you the funds, our cloud web hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Shared Web Hosting

As we offer SSL certificates with our shared web hosting plans, you can very easily secure your site and use a shared IP address with just several clicks. The option shall be available during the order procedure, therefore if you have a dedicated IP, you can use it, but if you don't have one and you don't want to pay for such a service, you could use the shared IP, that has been set up especially for SSLs. The certificate shall work in the exact same way as if it had a dedicated IP address and the only difference shall be that if anyone tries to open the IP address as a URL, they will not see your website. As our system includes an auto-configuration option, the SSL will be set up automatically the moment it's issued, so you will not need to do anything on your end after you approve it. That way, you could have a risk-free and reliable site without spending extra cash for that.