A subscription allows you to automate the SSL certificate renewal process and save on a one-time payment. You can subscribe for 2, 3, 4 years or 5 years - the longer the period, the lower the price of the certificate.

Every year, 2 weeks before the end of the certificate, the system will automatically send it for reissue. After going through the confirmation procedure, you will receive a new certificate file that must be installed on the site.

Domain Validated SSL Certificates (DV)

DV - Domain validation. When such a certificate is issued, only the domain name is verified. The certificate can be issued both for an individual and for a company. It is much cheaper and easier to buy an SSL certificate with domain verification than a certificate with organization verification. When ordering, pay special attention to the field "E-mail address for confirmation" in the certified domain: a letter with a link for confirmation will be sent to this mailbox.

If the mailbox does not exist, you will not be able to receive this letter and confirm ownership of the domain by clicking on the link from the letter. In this case, the certificate will not be issued and the money for it will not be refunded, since the certification center has already completed its part of the work.

As part of the fight against phishing, the certification center does not issue certificates for domains that contain words related to banking and finance or containing the names of well-known brands. If your domain contains such words, then you need to issue a certificate with domain and organization verification (DV + OV).

DV + OV - Domain validation + Organization validation. The process of issuing an organization-verified certificate includes not only verifying the domain name you are certifying, but also verifying that it actually belongs to your company. Site visitors will additionally see the name of the organization in the address bar of the browser. This behavior additionally signals potential customers that they are indeed on your site and not on a “similar” site, and increases their level of trust.

You need to make sure that the domain name really belongs to your organization. You can check this by looking at the WHOIS data for your domain. The domain must be registered for the organization, and not for some private person, for example, for the director of your company. If a company's domain is still registered to an individual, then before ordering a certificate, you must first re-register it for a company.

In 2014, Google stated that sites with SSL certificates will have an advantage in SERPs (Search Results Pages). In this regard, he explained that if there are two identical sites, except for the existence of the SSL certificate, the one who holds it will be listed above the other. Moreover, let's not forget that its existence improves the user experience on the site, an aspect that influences the position in Google.

The SSL certificate uses encryption algorithms to secure all data transmitted between the site visitor and the server running the site. Thus, the data cannot be stolen or altered by others.

Activation of an SSL certificate is usually done within minutes of payment confirmation. Exceptions are EV certificates which require additional documents and telephone validation.

EV is a new technology that guarantees site owner verification to the highest industry standards. Such a certificate will fully gain the trust of your site's customers.

The SSL Wildcard certificate secures a domain and an unlimited number of subdomains for that domain. For example, secure www.domain-name.md, blog.domain-name.md or shop.domain-name.md with the same certificate.