Q.What are advantages of having dedicated SSL certificate ?

Ans : Main advantage of having dedicated SSL is to gain trust of your potential buyers. Some customers may feel uncomfortable to put their credit card details on a website which has different secure URL. If you want your customers to put their credit card details on your shopping cart then dedicated SSL is much better.
Dedicated SSL also shows that the SSL Certificate is in your company name and dedicated to your website.

How long does it take to get an SSL certificate installed ?

Ans :- It takes few minutes to get your SSL certificate installed. We provide you free Shared SSL and if you want to have Dedicated SSL certificate it will cost you £39.99 Per Year. With the Dedicated SSL we provide a free Dedicated IP. If you buy it from geotrust, verisign, thawrte, rapidssl and others then they won’t send the certificate before verification. If you have an existing account with them then they do it instantly however you will need to buy a Dedicated IP from us which will be required to install the certificate and for the Dedicated IP you have to pay £2.00 Per Month.

Q. Are SSL ceritficates necessary for e-commerce site?

Ans :- SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. It is a protocol which is responsible for transmitting private documents via the Internet in secured way. Regarding the SSL certificate, its benefits are to have a secure site so that you can use the shopping cart or any other oscommerce cart on your website. SSL allows you to browse your site with https:// instead of http://.

SSL certificate is a must for e-commerce site as its ensures that the confidential information like credit card numbers and bank account information entered by your customers remains secure.

Q. Can I collect credit card payments on my website ?

Ans: Yes, you can collect credit card payments on your website hosted on any of our servers. We do not provide merchant services, so you need to contact a company like PayPal / 2checkout / worldpay / authorize.net to provide these services.
We suggest you to have SSL certificate on your website, as it ensures secured online transactions where you can do online business without any fear or doubt.

SSL certificate:

SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. It is a protocol developed by Netscape. It is installed on a secure server to communicate securely with its web clients. If the SSL certificate is not installed on the server then any information sent to a website can be intercepted and viewed by anyone.

Q. Do you offer Dedicated IP Addresses ? I think I read somewhere that I may need this to install SSL Certificates. Is this correct?

Ans : We charge £ 2 per month extra if you need a dedicated IP Address which is usually used for SSL. To order the Dedicated IP address please open a ticket through our Helpdesk http://www.webhosting.uk.com/support.php
If you need SSL certificate we can get it for you. We offer dedicated SSL certificate for £39.99 per year. Dedicated IP is free if you purchase the certificate from us.

Q. Do you have support for DEDICATED SSL Certification as opposed to a ‘Shared SSL’ you mention on your site? - is this free and supported?

Ans : Shared SSL is free but you will need to use a URL like
https://secure.ukhostsupport.com/~username/ which doesn’t look good for big sites with big products.

We offer Dedicated SSL certificate for £ 39.99 per year. Dedicated IP which is required to install the SSL certificate is free if you purchase the certificate from us.

To order the Dedicated SSL please open a support ticket through our Helpdesk http://www.webhosting.uk.com/support.php