Dedicated IP address (static IP) is a website with its own IP address. Whether you type in your URL or the numeric IP address (example: 127.0.0.1) both will bring you to the same content. An ecommerce website need to encrypt communication between website and browser to accept sensitive client information. SSL certificate mounted on a dedicated IP uniquely identifies your website, encrypting information flow to/from it. Dedicated IP Address require justification as per ARIN guidelines costing $3.2/mo.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), are cryptographic protocols that provide security and data integrity for communications over networks such as the Internet. SSL encrypt the segments of network connections at the Transport Layer end-to-end. Inorder to enable SSL or https connection on your website, please select a SSL Certificate of your choice.
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