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SSL Certificates

by easyrider7
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I need to get a standard dedicated SSL certificate and am wondering what the best one in terms of cost, customer service, how well it works, and minimization of hassle (I'm not a technical person).

I know that with a promo code that you can get an SSL certificate from Godaddy for around $12 for the first year. But some of the reviews on them have been extremely bad (ie. very difficult to activate for a newbie and very poor customer service).

I am also considering Hostgator which is a lot more expensive, although they are considered almost legendary for their customer service. Furthermore, this is my hosting company so it might be easier to get it with them so that they will give me overall support, which I won't get if I have hosting with one company and the SSL certificate with another company.

Does anyone have any recent experiences regarding these companies (and any others) which they can share?
#certificates #ssl #ssl certificate
  • Profile picture of the author Jesus Perez
    I've used GoDaddy's $12.99 certs for 5+ years with a large healthcare company that must remain HIPAA compliant and it works perfectly. As for "newbie friendly", there isn't a single SSL Cert I've setup that is newbie friendly. But there's an easy solution to that, just ask your host to install it for you. It doesn't get much easier than that.

    Keep in mind with the $12.99 certs that you need to specify www.domain.com or domain.com. For example, if you buy it for www.domain.com, then domain.com will not be secure...only the www.domain.com variation will be secure. More expensive certs include the www and non-www.

    Also, GoDaddy is going nuts with price increases on SSL Certs. So if you can, buy multiple years to lock in the price as long as possible. I suspect it's only going uphill from here.

    As for experience, I've used GeoTrust, GoDaddy and Verisign in the past. I wrote instructions on getting the GoDaddy SSL promo pricing a little while back.
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  • Profile picture of the author Pinky Painter
    I'll recommend you look for the company that specifically work for SSL, as it is more trusted. VeriSign SSL is most popular but the pricing is also very high. Alternatively, you can look for VeriSign's sister company, GeoTrust, it is also a trusted SSL and the pricing is more competitive.

    If you find both SSL are still expensive, you can consider Comodo SSL. It is cheaper.
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  • Profile picture of the author OliviaSSLGuru
    Get RapidSSL certificate for as low as price $9 for one year purchase. If your looking for multiple year purchase then you will have RapidSSL at just $7/Yr from Platinum Partner Company.

    RapidSSL is the sister company of VeriSign and it's the leading and the most trusted SSL certificate brand for small and medium size online business.

    To know more about product features and technical specification, visit:
    RapidSSL Certificate From RapidSSLonline - Saint Petersburg, FL | Manta.com
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    • Profile picture of the author All Night Cafe
      Every one, we went thru namecheap. Bought a.net

      and was able to get SSL for $1.99 for the whole year.

      I don't think they can be beat. You can also tranfer
      a domain that you bought from GoDaddy for $4.95
      and can still get SSL for #1.99.

      Hope this help. Don't waste a lot of money, get it
      cheap.
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      • Profile picture of the author Leadzguy
        Contact your GoDaddy rep and tell him you are a novice, they have been known to cut "deals" where you buy the SSL from them and they will install so you have no issues. You find anyone better than the "Gator" guys.
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