SSL certificates encrypt communication between your website and its visitors. This helps protect login details, contact form submissions, and other sensitive information while data moves across the internet.
Secure HTTPS connections also improve browser compatibility and help visitors recognise that your website follows modern security practices.
Activation typically takes only a few minutes once your domain is connected.
An SSL (Secure Socket Layer) certificate enables HTTPS encryption between your website and its visitors. This helps protect information such as login details, contact form submissions, and other data transmitted through your website.
SSL certificates also confirm that visitors are connected to the correct domain.
When SSL is active, your website address begins with HTTPS and most browsers display a padlock icon in the address bar.
This indicates that the connection between visitors and your website is encrypted.
Standard SSL certificates confirm control of a domain name.
Premium certificates may include organisation validation and additional warranty coverage depending on certificate type.
They are often used by businesses handling customer accounts or payments.
Choosing the right SSL certificate depends on the purpose of your website and the level of identity verification required.
For personal websites, blogs, and small projects, a standard domain-validated certificate is usually sufficient and activates quickly.
Business websites that present company identity to visitors may benefit from organisation-validated certificates, which confirm business registration details.
If multiple subdomains must be secured, a wildcard certificate can protect them under a single certificate. For securing multiple different domain names, a multi-domain certificate may be appropriate.
If you are unsure which certificate type fits your website, support can help review the available options.
Certificate activation time depends on the certificate type.
Domain-validated certificates are usually issued automatically within minutes once your domain is correctly connected.
Organisation-validated certificates typically require manual verification and may take several business days to complete.
Extended validation certificates require additional business verification steps and therefore take longer to issue.
A certificate signing request is a technical file used when manually installing certain SSL certificates on a server.
Most hosting plans that include automatic SSL do not require users to generate a CSR. This process is usually handled automatically by the hosting platform.
If you are installing a custom SSL certificate manually, support documentation explains how to generate and submit a CSR.
Follow this Guide for step-by-step details.
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