SSL Certificates

Let customers know their private details are safe. Same security as our competitors for up to 90% less.

  • Perfect for rapidly growing web applications
  • Full root access - highly customizable
  • Guaranteed availability and reliability

Protect transactions and customer data with a SSL Certificate.

Need an SSL certificate that supports Intel vPro technology for remote PC management? Check out our Deluxe Certificate

  • Standard SSL
  • $74.98
    per year
  • Verifies your domain control & secures your site.
  • Domain validated
  • $100,000 warranty
  • Issued within minutes


  • Deluxe SSL
  • $134.93
    per year
  • High assurance verifies your domain & company.
  • Domain and company validated
  • $250,000 warranty
  • Supports Intel vPro® technology to securely manage remote PCs.


All plans include

  • SHA-2 and 2048-bit encryption – the strongest on the market
  • Protects unlimited servers
  • Unlimited free reissues
  • Unlimited 24/7 security support
  • Boost Google search ranking
  • Up to USD $1M liability protection
  • Compatible with all major browsers
  • Displays a Security Seal on your site
  • 30-day money back guarantee

Safely accept credit cards on your website

If you want to sell to a much larger audience, you need to give customers the payment options they prefer — AND you need an SSL to keep customers clicking through to checkout.

Increase customer confidence

Most people look for the https:// prefix in their browser bar before submitting personal information like their name, credit card number and address to a website. An SSL is the only way to get this.

Protect sensitive information

SSL Certificates protect your customers’ sensitive information by encrypting the data they send to you, then decrypting it once you’ve received it.

How it works

An SSL creates a secure tunnel through which information including usernames, passwords, credit card numbers and more can pass safely.

First, the SSL "handshake”

When a website visitor enters an SSL-protected area of your website, your SSL certificate automatically creates an encrypted connection with the visitor’s browser.

The padlock icon appears

Once the connection is complete, a padlock icon and HTTPS prefix appear in the visitor’s browser bar to show them they’re safe to share personal details. If you have a high-assurance EV Certificate, your visitor’s status bar will also turn green.

You're good to go

All information passing to and from your website is now scrambled by 2048-bit encryption that's virtually unbreakable by hackers.

FAQ

Your Questions, our Answers

SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer. It might sound complex, but it's really not. SSL Certificates validate your website's identity, and encrypt the information visitors send to, or receive from, your site. This keeps thieves from spying on any exchange between you and your shoppers.

When you have an SSL Certificate protecting your website, your customers can rest assured that the information they enter on any secured page is private and can't be viewed by cyber crooks. Metropolitan Host makes it easy to install your certificate and secure your server

Metropolitan Host SSL Certificates inspire trust and show visitors that you value their privacy. An SSL Cert protects your customers' sensitive information such as their name, address, password, or credit card number by encrypting the data during transmission from their computer to your web server. SSL is the standard for web security, and a Server Certificate is required by most merchant account services – you'll need one if you plan to accept credit cards on your website.

How you build your website is entirely up to you. In fact, most basic secure websites can be hand-coded using HTML.

When a visitor enters an SSL-protected page on your website, their browser bar displays a padlock icon and the https:// prefix in the URL address. While most Internet users know to look for those SSL indicators, you can also add a site seal to your website to show visitors your site is verified and secured. Visitors can click the seal to view your certificate's status and details, seeing for themselves that it's safe to send sensitive information to your website. Websites protected by Metropolitan Host's Premium EV SSL display a green browser bar as well, giving users the green light.

All SSL-protected sites display the https:// prefix in the URL address bar. Sites protected with a Premium EV SSL Certificate display a green browser bar to quickly assure visitors that the organization's legal and physical existence was verified according to strict industry standards.

Metropolitan host’s Premium EV SSL Certificate involves the most extensive vetting process. We verify the control of the domain and legitimacy of your company by validating the legal name, address, phone number and other business information. The process takes about 30 days, but we've got you covered during that time. EV SSL Certs come with a free Standard SSL to use during the vetting process, so you can keep your transactions secure while you wait.

Standard SSLs (DV) usually take 5 minutes or less. Deluxe SSLs (OV) take 3-5 business days, as we’re validating not just domain ownership but also the existence of the organization or business on the SSL application. In both cases, you can shorten your wait by making sure the domain contact information listed in the WhoIs is up-to-date.

For Premium (EV) certificates, there is an extensive vetting process that starts with an in-depth application. Before you start, pull together details about your business, such as registration number, incorporation or registration agent and any relevant jurisdiction information.

A Wildcard SSL Cert protects your primary domain, and an unlimited number of its subdomains. For example, a single Wildcard Certificate can secure both www.coolexample.com and blog.coolexample.com.

Wildcard Certificates secure the common name and all subdomains at the level you specify when you submit your SSL request.

Depending on how your website is configured, you might want to use something other than a single-domain SSL certificate.

  • Wildcard SSLs cover all of a domain name’s subdomains. For example, you can secure *.coolexample.com, which would cover shop.coolexample.com, www.coolexample.com and any other subdomains.
  • UCC SSLs can cover multiple subdomains, unique domain names and websites. For example, you can secure www.coolexample.com, mail.coolexample.com and www.awesomeexample.com.
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