Do I need an SSL Cert?

Even if you don't process the payments directly on your site, you should still have an SSL cert for when the customer uses your support interface, or things like that.

Quite honestly, any business without an SSL cert runs the risk of making themselves look cheap, unreliable, and unsafe, no matter how legitimate they may be.
 
hostexec said:
Ssl certificate is only needed if you process credit cards directly in your websites.

If youre only using paypal or other payment gateways you dont require ssl encryption in your website since those companies are in charge of making the process.

Moreover if your clients pay with credit card through paypal, youre not require to use ssl certificate because is paypal the one who is processing the card.
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I would still say its best to have one, especially when you've got customers entering personal information (name, address, email, passwords, etc).
 
SSL is required. Really, there is a high number of possible customers who care about that. Encryption is welcome always online.
 
Well.. Yes, you should have a SSL certificate for your site, but you only can have it for your billing area.. or client area. You don't have to have it for your main site.
 
additional to all advices above I guess providing ssl connection will also give peace of mind for you and your client. Because when they pay you thru unsecured connection then its now your duty to give them the merchandise even you did not received the payment coz its you facility failing. :twocents:
 
Credit Card or no credit card, you should always use SSL for your billing and support systems.

Sensitive/personal info is there in terms of account passwords, address, email, cell number.
 
An SSL certificate ensures safe, easy and convenient Internet shopping. As the shopping site's SSL certificate enables the browser and Web servers to build a secure, encrypted connections.
 
Hello,

Even if you're payment is processed by paypal which is encrypted. I suggest you get SSL because your clients information when they key-in or register to your website needs to be encrypted also. This adds protection for your clients and also trust from them that you're not just another fraud web hosting / websites...

There are a lot of cheap ssl you can get there.. You can try to use Rapid SSL less than $15 / year.

Thanks!
 
It depends on what you are doing and what level of security you want or need. I recommend adding the certificate. The extra cost will be worth it and it will save you from some real headaches in the end.
 
WHMCS and SSL

Yes that is correct SSL on Billing and Ticketing System. If you're using WHMCS it is very easy to use SSL to it. You can also use SSL not for the entire domain but only use SSL when you login.

Just like in Yahoo Mail or Gmail, when you login it uses SSL but once you're authenticated it goes back to the usual HTTP.

Hope that adds help.

Thanks!
 
SSL should always be used when accepting confidential information. If you yourself are not willing to input personal information into a non-secure form then why would others is my opinion.
 
It is . Not for you but for your clients. You want your clients to trust you and by having a ssl on your client area to encrypt their ordering process then they will trust you
 
energizedit said:
Is an SSl Cert necessary if I use Clientexec and paypal for credit card transactions?
Mark
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Not so much for the Paypal, but you want the SSL for the Credit Card transactions for sure. A lot of customers are getting more savey and will expect to see the secure green SSL symbol before they use a credit card. You can get a cheap 8.99 one from NameCheap that goes on just 1 domain that will work perfect for you. No point in spending $69 for an EVSSL.
 
DeluxeHost.com said:
Not so much for the Paypal, but you want the SSL for the Credit Card transactions for sure. A lot of customers are getting more savey and will expect to see the secure green SSL symbol before they use a credit card. You can get a cheap 8.99 one from NameCheap that goes on just 1 domain that will work perfect for you. No point in spending $69 for an EVSSL.
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Well. I would suggest namecheap ssl's too. I use one and never had a problem
But you need ssl even if you have paypal. As i wrote above client want to be secured
 
If you are conducting any form of business, I bet you will want to have a SSL certificate for your website. The fact that the transaction is secure is crucial to many consumers nowadays since online credit cards theft is pretty notorious.
 
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