Why do you need a certificate?
Data Security
An SSL certificate is important to any website that sells products and services or captures sensitive information, as it guarantees that all information sent and received stays private and secure.
Increases Trust
Customers who visit your website will know that you have encryption in place with "https" and a padlock icon appearing in their browser’s address bar. This assures customers that their information is safe.
SSL improves SEO
Google has taken the stance that any website running on https will have a positive search engine optimisation (SEO) ranking advantage over websites running on http. This means that you stand a greater chance of ranking higher than your competitors if your website uses SSL.
What is an SSL certificate?
SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer and is a digital certificate that authenticates the identity of a website and encrypts information sent to the server. A website using a SSL certificate, shows the padlock icon and the https protocol, ensuring secure connections from your website to the web browser.
Let’s Encrypt certificates are basically the same as certificates issued by other providers. They use the same standard and TLS protocol. Let’s Encrypt has generated over 100 million active certificates with Shopify, Mozilla, Chrome and Facebook listed as sponsors.
Why Let's Encrypt?
Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open Certificate Authority. It was created for the benefit of all to make encrypted connections the standard on the internet.
Previous installing a SSL certificate would be very costly and complicated. With Let’s Encrypt we now offer free SSL (Domain validated) with every website with a click of a button.
