If you want to protect the info that visitors submit on your website, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol employed to encrypt any data 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 present level of encryption makes it pretty much impossible to decrypt the real content, so if you have a login form of some type or you offer services and products online and clients submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate shall be an assurance that the information is protected. Normally a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your website. The additional cost may matter when you run a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity that doesn't make a big profit, 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 Hosting

A shared IP can be employed for any SSL certificate, no matter if you purchase it from our company or from a different dealer and regardless of the shared hosting package you have on our end. If you obtain the SSL from us, you will come across this option on the certificate order page in your hosting Control Panel where you can also take full advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option we offer you. If the latter is chosen within the SSL order wizard, our system will install and set up everything for you through the specifically configured server shared IP, 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 have to pay for a dedicated IP and the SSL will work in the exact same way, so any info which the website visitors submit shall be encrypted. The only difference is that if you enter the shared IP address instead of your domain name in a web browser, the site will not appear.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The shared IP address option is available with all Linux semi-dedicated packages and the setup takes just 2 clicks in the hosting Control Panel irrespective if you order an SSL from our company or via a third-party supplier. There will not be any difference with regards to how the certificate works or encrypts the information your site visitors submit, so your website shall be secure without spending any additional money for a dedicated IP. The only thing which will be different is that https://the-shared-IP shall not open your site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it is quite unlikely that anyone will ever try to access your internet site in this way instead of keying in your domain name. We also offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs obtained through our company and if you select it and you opt to use a shared IP as opposed to a dedicated one, our system shall set everything up the minute the SSL is approved and issued without the need for any action on your end.