SSL Certificates

SSL certificates are almost mandatory nowadays for all browsers. When installed on a web server, it activates the padlock and the https protocol and allows secure connections from a web server to the customer. SSL certificates are used to secure credit card transactions, data transfer and logins.

GeoTrust SSL Certificates

geotrust ssl

QuickSSL Premium

$250/ year

  • 256-bit encryption
  • 2048-bit root
  • $500K USD Warranty
  • Issued in minutes
  • Free reissues
  • 99% Compatibility
  • Covers domain.com and www.domain.com

True BusinessID

$300/ year

  • 256-bit encrytption
  • 2048-bit root
  • $1.25M USD Warranty
  • Issued in 1-2 days
  • Employee Verification
  • Domain Ownership check
  • Organization Verification

True BusinessID with EV

$350/ year

  • GREEN BAR
  • 256-bit encryption / 2048-bit root
  • $1.5M USD warranty
  • Issued in 1-3 days
  • Free reissues
  • 99% Compatibility
  • Covers domain.com and www.domain.com

Symantec SSL Certificates

Symantec Secure Site

$600/ year

  • 256-bit encryption
  • 2048-bit root
  • $50K Warranty
  • Issued in minutes
  • Free reissues
  • 99.9% compatibility
  • 15 day refund
  • Covers domain.com and www.domain.com

Secure Site EV

$1600/ year

  • GREEN BAR
  • 256-bit / 2048-bit root
  • $1.75M Warranty
  • Issued within days
  • Free reissues
  • 99.9% compatibility
  • 15 day refund
  • Covers domain.com and www.domain.com

Secure Site Pro with EV

$2400/ year

  • GREEN BAR
  • 256-bit / 2048-bit root
  • $1.75M USD Warranty
  • ECC Strongest Security
  • Free reissues
  • 99.9% Compatibility
  • 15 day refund
  • 24/7 Support

What is a Green Bar?

Make a strong security statement with the green address bar. Certificates with EV (Extended Validation) is our premium business-class SSL security product, visually confirming the highest level of authentication available among SSL certificates.

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SSL Certificates

SSL helps prevent attackers or intrusive companies such as ISPs from tampering with the data sent between your websites and your users’ browsers. It is critical for protecting sensitive information such as a credit card numbers but it also protects your site from malware and prevents others from injecting advertisements into your resources. Read our why SSL is necessary page to learn more.

Free SSL Certificates

We also support Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates. These are free SSL certificates that last only 90 days at a time, no warranty, no guarantee, no support. These are free to get, and we don’t charge, but we may charge a nominal fee to have it auto renew for you every 90 days so you don’t forget.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, ALL SUPPOSED TO BE COMMONLY ASKED

What is SSL? SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer, an encryption technology that was originally created by Netscape in the 1990s. SSL creates an encrypted connection between your web server and your visitors’ web browser allowing for private information to be transmitted without the problems of eavesdropping, data tampering, and message forgery.

To enable SSL on a website, you will need to get an SSL Certificate that identifies you and install it on your web server. When a web browser is using an SSL certificate it usually displays a padlock icon but it may also display a green address bar. Once you have installed an SSL Certificate, you can access a site securely by changing the URL from http:// to https://. If SSL is properly deployed, the information transmitted between the web browser and the web server (whether it is contact or credit card information), is encrypted and only seen by the organization that owns the website.

Millions of online businesses use SSL certificates to secure their websites and allow their customers to place trust in them. In order to use the SSL protocol, a web server requires the use of an SSL certificate. SSL certificates are provided by Certificate Authorities (CAs).

The certificate that you purchase to secure your web site must be digitally signed by another certificate that is already in the trusted store of your user’s web browser. By doing this, the web browser will automatically trust your certificate because it is issued by someone that it already trusts. If it isn’t signed by a trusted root certificate, or if links in the certificate chain are missing, then the web browser will give a warning message that the web site may not be trusted.

So browser compatibility means that the certificate you buy is signed by a root certificate that is already trusted by most web browsers that your customers may be using. Unless otherwise noted, the certificates from all major certificate providers listed on SSL Shopper are compatible with 99% of all browsers. For more details about a specific certificate provider, see SSL Certificate Compatibility.

Most SSL server certificates will only secure a single domain name or sub-domain. For example, a certificate could secure www.yourdomain.com or mail.yourdomain.com but not both. The certificate will still work on a different domain name but the web browser will give an error anytime it sees that the address in the address bar doesn’t match the domain name (called a common name) in the certificate. If you need to secure multiple sub-domains on a single domain name, you can buy a wildcard certificate. For a wildcard certificate, a common name of *.yourdomain.com would secure www.yourdomain.com, mail.yourdomain.com, secure.yourdomain.com, etc… There are also special certificates such as Unified Communications (UC) certificates that can secure several different domain names in one certificate.

A trust seal is a logo that you can display on your web site that verifies that you have been validated by a particular certificate provider and are using their SSL certificate to secure your site. It can be displayed on secure and non-secure pages and is most appropriate on pages where customers are about to enter their personal information such as a shopping cart page but they can be displayed on every page to help build trust. Every certificate authority’s trust seal is different and some look more professional so you should consider what the seal looks like in order to maximize customer trust. To learn more about trust seals read Gain Trust Online Using Trust Seals.