Hosting Products: SSL

Offering SSL certificate administration solutions from GeoTrust SSL and RapidSSL.com, The Planet delivers cost-effective authentication, and best practice security. SSL certification options mean that you and your customers can be assured that their personal and financial information is secure and protected for transactions on your web site.

Protect your customer information in transit across the Internet with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) using 128/256-bit encryption that complies with Visa and other credit card security requirements. The SSL protocol allows client/server applications to communicate in a way designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, and message forgery while delivering the highest level of encryption available in commercial web browsers.

SSL Certificate advantages from The Planet:

• True 128/256-bit strong SSL encryption
• Free lifetime, self-service reissues with GeoTrust
• 99% browser recognition rate
• Easy to use SSL certificate provisioning system
• Single root certificate
• AICPA Web Trust compliant
• Business registration (DUNS number equivalent)

Why SSL Certificates make a difference:

• 17% of internet users leave e-commerce Web sites because they have perceived them as being untrustworthy or not secure - Questus, January 2006
• 53% US companies admitted that they still have a lot to learn about the issue of online security - Trend Micro, October 2005
• 80% US online consumers have concerns about online attacks - Gartner, June 2005
• Shoppers respond to trust marks! - TNS Market Research, April 2005
  • 70% of online shoppers have abandoned an online purchase because of security fears.
  • 90% of those shoppers would have completed the purchase if the e-commerce retailer made visible evidence of SSL and a trusted Secured Seal.
• Security concerns among consumers reduce site transactions
  • According to a recent Forrester consumer research report:
    • 24% of US Internet users have stopped shopping on the Internet due to security concerns
    • 61% have decreased their online shopping due to these concerns
    • 84% believe online retailers are not doing enough to protect their customers online

Choose the SSL solution that best fits your web business

RapidSSL $14.95*

RapidSSL Certificates enable businesses to obtain a fully functional and trusted SSL certificate and are ideal for securing internal websites. RapidSSL is a 128 bit single root SSL certificate. FreeSSL.com owns the root used to issue RapidSSL certificates making it a stable SSL offering. RapidSSL assures about 99 percent browser recognition rates. If your perform any level of e-commerce transactions and value warrants an SSL certificate from a known brand, or if you require advanced site seal technology, see our Professional Level SSL certificates below.

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QuickSSL $49.00*

A highly trusted, highly credible single root install SSL certificate delivered in just 10 minutes. As the winner of Web Hosting Magazine's 2001 Editor's Choice award, GeoTrust's patent pending QuickSSL is the optimum choice for internal applications and lite-to medium eCommerce. With QuickSSL you get true 128/256-bit SSL encryption that's fully compatible with the leading web browsers. QuickSSL enables your web site to activate the browser's "LOCK" icon, indicating data will be protected from interception or tampering using secure sockets layer (SSL) encrypting technology. Our QuickSSL therefore assures your on-line visitors of safety and security for sending credit card account numbers and other confidential information over the Internet. GeoTrust's exclusive automated authentication system ensures that QuickSSL certificates are issued only to authorized recipients.

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QuickSSL Premium $94.00*

Our premium SSL package includes a highly trusted, highly credible single root install SSL certificate delivered in just 10 minutes, as well as a QuickSSL Premium Smart Seal for posting on your website.

With GeoTrust QuickSSL Premium web server certificates, you and your customers can conduct secure Internet transactions with confidence backed by genuine 128/256-bit SSL encryption for less than what you'd pay for some other SSL solutions. By activating the browser's "LOCK" icon, QuickSSL Premium assures online visitors that credit card account numbers and other confidential information cannot be viewed, intercepted or altered. Compatible with 99% of all browsers and most popular mobile devices, QuickSSL Premium certificates are the only certificates we provide which have mobile ubiquity. And because our automated authentication system is the most advanced in the industry, your customers and trading partners can be sure that QuickSSL Premium web server certificates are only issued to fully authorized recipients. QuickSSL Premium now has two-factor real-time telephony authentication for even stronger authentication.

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