SSL Certificates - Important for your online business
Feb 1, 2008
If you’re starting an online business, you already know there are a number of things you need to determine before your site can launch and you can start handling orders and shipping products. By now, you’ve probably decided on the perfect shopping cart software for your site and you may have already purchased a Dedicated IP and researched payment gateways so that you can accept credit cards, checks, and international methods of payment.
But did you know there may be one thing you’re still missing? An SSL Certificate is a necessity of any online business that wants to accept credit card payments and have a secure website from which to do so.
What is an SSL Certificate?
SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer, and is a certificate that is installed onto a server to identify specific merchants and to encrypt credit card and other sensitive payment information.
Why do I need an SSL Certificate?
Take a look at the bottom of any major website’s order page (for example: VeriSign.com or Amazon.com). If you don’t see a small locked icon in the lower right side of the browser, you are not on a secure website. An SSL Certificate secures your site so that your customers can trust inputting their sensitive information onto your web forms. Plus, if you are taking credit card payments, you need an SSL Certificate. In fact, many merchant accounts will not work unless you already have your SSL Certificate in place.
What else do I need to know?
Lunarpages proudly offers two types of SSL Certificates, a Basic and a Pro version. Below you can find some information on each, but for questions regarding the insurance warranty, please see Comodo, our trusted SSL provider.
Posted bySite Admin at 11:29 AM
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