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mangoprint

27th July 2009, 07:20

Hey,

Setting up a shopping cart using OSCommerce for a customer.

Hosted on Hostpapa but need to purchase an SSL certificate.

Where is the best place to purchase in UK?

Many thanks!

KM-Tiger

27th July 2009, 07:29

https://www.servertastic.com/ssl-certificates/

CS-Cart

27th July 2009, 08:16

I'm sure you can safely choose some of these (http://www.smallbusinessnewz.com/topnews/2008/03/18/top-five-ssl-certificate-providers) providers.

needaprint

27th July 2009, 08:40

www.thawte.com (http://www.thawte.com) - SSL123 is very good and issued instantly.
Thawte has a reseller partner which is actually CHEAPER than Thawte direct www.trustico.co.uk (http://www.trustico.co.uk) - i used them other day for one of my own domains and it was flawless.

I always stick to Thawte - slightly more expensive but better known by consumers - they own majority of the market (they are owned by Verisign)

shopintegrator

27th July 2009, 09:34

Dwebs-Ltd

27th July 2009, 13:20

Hi KM-Tiger,

Thanks for the servertastic link above, I have never seen such low prices on purchasing branded SSL certificates through a reseller.

Do you use servertastic yourself to buy SSL certificates?
- I always have an air of scepticism/caution when something is so cheap compared to everything else, you think, where's the catch, how can they resell them at such a discount?
Anymore info you have about them would be appreciated.

Its all down to volume, their cost price will be around £5 if not less per SSL. So they are still making £3+ per SSL which isn't a bad mark-up especially considering the amount they sell.

We sell the same RapidSSL certificates at the same price so do hundreds of other providers. What you should look out for is places that sell them for £30+ when the cost price is £5 per SSL essentially make a very large profit.

shopintegrator

27th July 2009, 13:30

Thanks Chris,

I would have thought that going direct to say, Rapid SSL, would have given the best price, but this is clearly not the case!

KM-Tiger

27th July 2009, 14:34

Hi KM-Tiger,

Do you use servertastic yourself to buy SSL certificates?

Yes.

The recommendation originally came from Carl CSNM on this forum.

Carl-CSNM

27th July 2009, 14:49

We sell the same RapidSSL certificates at the same price so do hundreds of other providers. What you should look out for is places that sell them for £30+ when the cost price is £5 per SSL essentially make a very large profit.

I'm running a business, not a charity. What is wrong with having large profit margain on additional services? It's how lots of hosts make their money on additional add-ons/services. It's pretty stupid selling something for just above cost price.

Our cost price isn't £5, but we sell them for £24.99 + VAT. However it includes the generating of the CSR and SSL installation.

But yes, if you are looking for cheap take a look at Servertastic. I've purchased lots of software and SSL certificates from them over the years and they provide a brilliant service.

Peartree

27th July 2009, 14:57

I have to side with Carl on this... You cant sell a resold service for the whole sale price you get it at because you have to factor in merchant charges, labor etc

I cant remember how much our SSL certificates cost us but were partnered with Commodo for them...

We charge more on top because we will deal with the ordering process, collect & submit verification info & install it.

Cheap is never always best when it comes to website security - END OF...

webhostuk

27th July 2009, 16:21

You can try geotrust or Rapid SSL.

brownie

27th July 2009, 20:09

Before reading the below I'll also say the same as has already been mentioned, the cost price does not include CSR generation and installation, this is what I do for my clients however if they want to go it alone.

First purchase Whois Guard from Namecheap at http://www.namecheap.com/learn/privacy-protection/whoisguard-whois-protection.asp, you don't have to use it, I don't bother. Then when in the shopping cart in the checkout process select the free SSL Cert, more information at http://www.namecheap.com/learn/ssl-certificates/free-positive-ssl-certificates.asp. I've forgotten the SSL cert a couple of times however an email to Namecheap get's it added within 30 minutes.

You get an entry level SSL Cert for $2,88 (approx. £1.80 @ $1.6 to the £). :)

Anyone found them cheaper?

KM-Tiger

28th July 2009, 19:06

You get an entry level SSL Cert for $2,88 (approx. £1.80 @ $1.6 to the £). :)

Anyone found them cheaper?

That's a definite nomination for the tightwad's club! Congratulations!

As several have observed, buying a cheap SSL Cert is one thing. Generating the correct CSR and installing the cert is another, that I would certainly charge for.

[Edit]

Forgot to add: thanks for the tip.

Peartree

28th July 2009, 19:10

$2.88 for an SSL? Where did you see that?

brownie

28th July 2009, 21:33

See post #12 :p

nickpp

28th July 2009, 22:07

You still get what you pay for , sbs and rapid ssl have just been dropped form our products. Doing a good deal on the Globalsign SSL £65

Blows Geotrust out of the water on several features

http://www.simpleservers.co.uk/cheap_ssl.php

brownie

28th July 2009, 23:00

You still get what you pay for

In the sub £200 cert market, what difference would a normal web surfer notice? Can you clarify in this end of the market by paying more what do I get?

Blows Geotrust out of the water on several features

http://www.simpleservers.co.uk/cheap_ssl.php (http://www.simpleservers.co.uk/cheap_ssl.php [/quote)

Can you be more specific? In what way do Globalsigns budget SSL certs blow Geotrusts SBS and Rapid SSL certs out of the water? :|

There's a load of F.U.D. in the cert market, never used to be, this is just cert vendors finding more ways to make mroe money. Let's not forget what a certificate is there for.

bestforsextoys

29th July 2009, 00:07

I would recommend trustico

Thanks
Austin

openmind

29th July 2009, 07:44

In my mind there are three groups of certs...

The budget certs like Rapid SSL which are absolutely fine for the vast majority of sites...

Certs that come with a verification ssl like Commodo and Geotrust Premium..

And finally the the EV (Extended verification) certs that provide the highest level of assurance and display company details in the browser bar.

It boils down to you get what you pay for and the majority of surfers wouldn't know any different...