SSL Certificates From $10 a Year

An SSL certificate is a digital file that turns on HTTPS for your website. It encrypts the data travelling between a visitor's browser and your server, so logins, forms and payment details cannot be read or altered on the way, and it confirms the identity of your domain. Today's certificates use the TLS protocol, but the industry still calls them SSL certificates.

Domain validation (DV) confirms that you control the domain and is issued in minutes. Extended validation (EV) adds the strictest vetting a certificate authority offers, so it is issued within 7 days and carries the largest warranty, $1,750,000. All DonHoster certificates use SHA2 and ECC 128/256-bit encryption, so the encryption itself is the same; what changes is the level of identity checking and the warranty.

Both are domain-validated, cover one domain, are issued in minutes and use the same encryption. The difference is the warranty: Standard SSL carries a $10,000 warranty at $10.00 per year, while Premium SSL carries a $500,000 warranty at $45.00 per year. Choose Premium when you want stronger assurance behind a business site without EV vetting.

A wildcard SSL certificate secures one domain and every subdomain under it. One certificate can protect addresses such as shop.example.com, blog.example.com and app.example.com, which keeps renewals and management simple. Wildcard SSL from DonHoster is domain-validated, carries a $10,000 warranty and costs $79.00 per year.

Standard, Premium and Wildcard SSL are domain-validated and issued in minutes once domain validation is complete. EV SSL requires extended vetting and is issued within 7 days.

The warranty is the maximum amount the certificate authority may pay if a certificate is mis-issued and causes a financial loss. It is generally a measure of the assurance behind the certificate rather than insurance for your own business. DonHoster certificates carry $10,000 (Standard and Wildcard), $500,000 (Premium) or $1,750,000 (EV).

Yes. Google uses HTTPS as a ranking signal, and a valid certificate also removes the browser's "Not secure" warning, which protects visitor trust and conversion rates. The ranking boost is modest, but running on HTTPS is a baseline expectation for any site that wants to compete in search.

No. Modern browsers have removed the green address bar for EV certificates. The verified organization details are still available when a visitor opens the certificate information, and EV remains the strongest identity vetting and warranty available.

Yes to both. Every DonHoster SSL certificate includes free reissuance and a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Choose Standard SSL for a blog, portfolio or everyday site on one domain. Choose Premium SSL for a business site that wants a much larger warranty. Choose Wildcard SSL if you run several subdomains. Choose EV SSL for transactional, high-trust sites that need the strictest vetting.