Do you have SSL certificate for your own ecommerce site?

llegent · 08-16-06, 07:53 AM

Higuys and gals,
Ok I wonder if you do actually purchse and install your own SSL certificate for your ecommerce site? or you would rather use the share SSL available via your host/data center?

Does having your own SSL certificate makes your customers feel more secure? Or it wouldn't matter at all?

**Baby Boy** · 08-16-06, 01:19 PM

I'd recommend myself a purchased one. One that is more expensive but really reliable is an SSL certificate with SGC Encryptography I think they call it.

VeriSign and a couple other places offer these for like $400 a year (or maybe its 4 years.) Research it up on Google and you'll get the results about them.

**csmaster2005** · 08-18-06, 04:04 PM

Heh, I prefer to just use other payment processors.

**Baby Boy** · 08-18-06, 08:15 PM

But don't you believe it to be much more professional to have people pay using a credit/debit card or eCheck without having to leave the site. I believe so, but we of course have 2 different opinions.

seopro · 08-25-06, 12:39 AM

Ya I believe it's more professional, but how difficult is it to setup something like 2checkout on your site? I've never tried them before.

mahway · 11-20-06, 09:33 PM

2checkout is pretty simple. For retail sites, many people use OScheckout (free) and build their paypal/2checkout/authorize/google merchant accounts into the system.

If payment is through a custom made system on your website, you'll probably have the money needed to invest into a real SSL certificate