| Lite
Ecommerce
|
Issuance
Speed |
Browser
Recognition |
Trusted
Root Certificate |
Warranty |
Validation
Methods |
Reissue
Period |
Support |
Price
|
StarterSSL |
Immediate
24/7/365 |
99% |
Single
Root - fast and simple to install
Root owned by FreeSSL.com and already present
in popular browsers |
$10,000 |
2nd
Generation - two step validation, no paperwork
needed
| Optional
lifetime reissuance |
Tel,
Email |
$39
$19
Special
Promotional Pricing or Free to Comodo
and Thawte certificate holders
 |
Thawte |
Immediate
to 2 days |
99% |
Chained
Root - must install multiple certificates
Root owned by Thawte and already present in
popular browsers |
zero |
Both
1st Generation - faxed documents needed -
and 2nd Generation
| Lifetime |
Tel,
Email |
$159 |
Comodo |
2
days |
96% |
Chained
Root - must install multiple certificates
 Comodo does not own its own root |
$50 |
1st
Generation - faxed documents needed
| 30
days |
Email |
$49 |
StarterSSL
is ideal for low volume, low value ecommerce transaction
requirements. StarterSSL is the lowest cost 1 year valid
trusted single root SSL certificate available and is
issued in only minutes from a root certificate owned
by FreeSSL.com. StarterSSL also includes automated 2nd
Generation validation and issuance allowing you to obtain
certificates 24/7/365 immediately.
Click here for more info on StarterSSL
Professional
Level Websites
|
Issuance
Speed |
Browser
Recognition |
Trusted
Root Certificate |
Warranty |
Validation
Methods |
Reissue
Period |
Support |
Price
|
GeoTrust |
Immediate
24/7/365 |
99%+ |
Single
Root - fast and simple to install
Root owned by GeoTrust and already present in
popular browsers |
|
2nd
Generation - two step validation, no paperwork
needed
| Lifetime |
Tel,
Email |
$149
|
Verisign |
2-5
days |
99%+ |
Single
Root - fast and simple to install
Root owned by Verisign and already present in
popular browsers |
unknown |
1st
Generation - faxed documents needed
| 30
days |
Tel,
Email |
$349 |
These products
are single root certificates. The roots are owned by
each respective Certification Authority. If your website
has high transaction volumes or you are a hosting provider
with service level agreements and your customer confidence
demands production grade Internationally accepted brands
of SSL certificates from well known, long time security
vendors who own their own trusted roots. you should
consider the major players GeoTrust, Thawte and Verisign.
GeoTrust offers the most cost-effective highly trusted
professional grade and enterprise class single root
install certificates on the market today.
Lite
Ecommerce - Wildcard Chained Root
|
Issuance
Speed |
Browser
Recognition |
Trusted
Root Certificate |
Warranty |
Validation
Methods |
Reissue
Period |
Support |
Price
|
ChainedSSL
Wildcard |
Immediate
24/7/365 |
99% |
Stable
Chained Root
Root owned by FreeSSL.com and already present
in popular browsers |
$10,000 |
2nd
Generation - two step validation, no paperwork
needed
| Optional
Lifetime Reissuance |
Tel,
Email |
$349
$299
Special
Promotional Pricing
|
Comodo |
2
days |
96% |
Chained
Root - must install multiple certificates
Comodo does not own its own root |
$10,000 |
1st
Generation - faxed documents needed
| 30
days |
Tel,
Email |
$449 |
These
products are chained root certificates. Only
ChainedSSL is issued from a stable root. If your website
is hosted by a third party or if you are a hosting provider,
chained root certificates offer production grade SSL
at a very reasonable cost. ChainedSSL is the only stable
chained root offering and provides the lowest cost highly
trusted chained root SSL available and provides strong
128 bit encryption.
ChainedSSL is ideal for low volume, low transaction
ecommerce transaction requirements. As a guide, typical
customer transaction value is sub 50 USD, and volumes
of transactions per week are in the tens.
Click here for ChainedSSL Wildcard
We
are currently running an offer that allows Thawte customers
and Comodo InstantSSL customers to switch their existing
certificates with a certificates from FreeSSL.com free
of charge.
1st Generation = manual process that validates the business
organization via articles of incorporation. 1st Generation
certificates take up to 2 days to issue.
2nd Generation = automated process that validates the
domain control, business via Choicepoint Unique Identifier
(DUNS equivalent), two factor telephony authentication.
2nd Generation certificates are immediately issued.
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