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SSL Certificates

We offer both RapidSSL and Professional Level certificates.

RapidSSL is ideal for securing:
  • Low volumes of ecommerce transactions (e.g 10’s per week)
  • Low ecommerce transaction values (e.g typical sale less than 50$)
  • Non ecommerce applications e.g simply securing data entry, protecting username/password access, securing mail servers etc
  • Entry level/first time e-merchants
  • Test and development websites, closed group user bases
geotrust
GeoTrust Quick SSL Premium and True BusinessID are ideal for securing:
  • Medium to high volumes of ecommerce transactions (e.g sites with high 10’s, 100’s+ transactions per week)
  • High ecommerce transaction values (e.g typical sale more than 50$
  • Any professional application requiring to maximize end user confidence through an internationally accepted brand of SSL
  • Organizations requiring security from a highly credible, long-time established WebTrust compliant Certification Authority who own their own roots that are already present in all popular browsers
SSL Certificates Comparison Chart
(Certificate Type) Rapid SSL QuickSSL Premium True BusinessID
price (single/wildcard) $69/$349 $249 $349/$899
root owner RapidSSL GeoTrust GeoTrust
encryption 128/256 128/256 128/256
site seal Rapid SSL site seal GeoTrust Smart Seal True Site ID Assurance
browser recognition rate 99% 100% 100%
authentication automated online real time 2-factor telephony manual vetting

 

The wildcard options allow you to use the certificate on an unlimited number of subdomains attached to the qualifying domain name (provided they are all hosted on a single server). For example, you could secure www.yourdomain.com, shop.yourdomain.com, download.yourdomain.com, etc.

RapidSSL Wildcard can be purchased here, and True BusinessID Wildcard can be purchased here.

Why purchase an SSL Certificate?

The Internet has been a revolution to commerce and the transfer of data in general, which has developed new global business opportunities for all, including major enterprises, small to medium sized businesses and individuals alike. However e-commerce has inevitably attracted crime and developed a new breed of online criminals ranging from fraudsters and hackers to cyber terrorists. The growing concerns associated with conducting e-commerce have now resulted in the fact that security is an essential factor for online business success.

The market is now educated in the basics of online security and the majority of online users now expect security to be integrated into any online service they use and as a result they expect any details they provide via the Internet to remain confidential and secure.

What is SSL?

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a security technology that is commonly used for encrypting communications between users and e-commerce websites, thereby securing server to browser transactions. The SSL protocol utilizes encryption to prevent eavesdropping and tampering of the transmitted data, and is used to secure information passed by a browser (such as a customer's credit card number or password) to a webserver (such as an online store).

SSL protects data submitted over the Internet from being intercepted and viewed by unintended recipients and as used by hundreds of thousands of websites in the protection of their online transactions with their customers, SSL is the de-facto industry standard Internet transaction security technology.

How do website visitors know if a website is using SSL?

When a website visitor connects to a webserver using SSL they will see that the URL in the address bar begins with https:// rather than the usual http:// and also a small gold padlock will appear in their browser. Whenever a browser connects to a webserver (website) over https:// - this signifies that the communication will be encrypted and secure. The actual complexities of the SSL protocol remain invisible to the end customer.

In summary, SSL is the de facto web transaction security technology. Webservers have been built to support it and web browsers have been built to use it. SSL provides the ability to secure customers transactions transparently without the customer having to do a thing!