SSL Certificates for Commercial Websites

Get an SSL certificate

SSL certificate is a necessary element for the site, because it proves to other systems (for example, banking systems, when conducting relevant transactions) that your resource supports the ssl-protocol, which increases the security of using the site and helps to prevent the leakage of important information from the site to third parties. If you want to buy an ssl certificate, you should know several features of such a certificate itself, as well as the terms of its purchase.

Information included in the certificate

SSL certificate includes the following information:

• domain for which the certificate was purchased;
• the legal entity or individual who purchased the certificate;
• country and city where the owner resides;
• the validity period of the document
• details of the organization that issued the certificate.

After you have purchased a certificate of this type, in the address bar of your browser, the path to your resource will be indicated not through http, but through https, which will confirm that your resource works in accordance with the security protocol ssl and has the necessary certificate. All https certificates are categorized into several types, the details of which are given below.

Types of certificates

In order to get an SSL certificate, you need to decide what kind of certificate you need. Different brands provide certificates of different levels of trust with different features, the most well-known types of certificates:

• with domain name verification. These certificates have a medium level of trust and in order to get this certificate you will need to verify your domain name by mail, DNS record or hash file;
• with verification of the organization holding the domain name. When obtaining such a certificate, the main set of documents about the organization is sent to the certificate authority issuing the certificate. Such certificates have a higher level of trust;
• with extended validation of the organization holding the domain name. An extended set of documents is sent to the certificate authority. Such a certificate has the highest level of trust.

How to buy https certificates?

To obtain such a certificate, you need to contact an organization that has the right to provide such certificates. For example, you can purchase an ssl certificate for an online store from Regery. The advantages of purchasing a certificate from this company include the following:

1. Ability to choose a brand;
2. Ability to choose the level of trust (medium, high, highest);
3. Setting the type of site (personal, commercial or corporate);
4. Connecting additional features (relevant to use when your resource has subdomains);
5. Purchased ssl certificate works in Ukraine and other countries.

The cost of such certificates depends on the specific type of certificate selected and the period of validity.

Whether you are a legal entity or an individual, in today's world having an ssl certificate is an important measure that you should take care of in advance.