Stay safe with an SSL Certificate

You can order your certificate through the Openprovider control panel in just a few clicks. After you purchase your SSL certificate, it will first need to be validated by the Certificate Authority (CA) that issues it. 
The validation process for DV, OV and EV certificates is slightly different. OV certificates require stronger validation than DV ones, and EV certificates require the most. You can read more about the validation process in this article (for DV and OV certificates) and in the Knowledge Base (for EV certificates).
After your certificate is validated, you will need to install it on the hosting server where your website is hosted. You can find tutorials on how to do this in the Knowledge Base. After your SSL certificate is installed, it will immediately be effective.

Free SSL certificates offer a basic level of security, but there is no validation process involved with their issuance. Domains that use free SSL certificates have not verified their personal and business identities and could therefore be run by malicious third parties. Paid certificates involve a validation process and are therefore more trustworthy.
Moreover, as a domain owner, you will have to renew your free SSL certificate every three months. It is not possible to issue these certificates for a longer period of time. While free SSL certificates therefore require a lot of extra administrative work, paid certificates can be issued for multiple years.
From a business perspective, selling a certificate that lasts for more than 3 months also helps reduce customer churn and raises the average revenue per user, while keeping your customers safe and satisfied.

Prices differ between DV, OV and EV certificates and between single domain, multi-domain and wildcard certificates. Prices for a simple DV certificate for a single domain start at $7.20 per year. You can find the other prices in the control panel.
The prices mentioned above apply to regular users. Openprovider Members benefit from attractive lower prices on SSL certificates.

This article covers all of the basics. The Openprovider Knowledge Base also contains an extensive list of articles on SSL certificates: from tutorial videos on ordering your certificate to information about the validation process and technical troubleshooting.

Openprovider Members benefit from special prices on SSL certificates. The more domains you have, the better the prices get. On top of that, we offer a white-labeled control panel for your end customers, through which they can manage their SSL certificates themselves. This takes a lot of work out of your hands. It is also possible to use the Openprovider WHMCS module for SSL certificates to integrate the selling of SSL certificates seamlessly into your own systems.