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SSL certificates

Encrypt traffic between your visitors and your site, and choose how much verification the certificate carries about your organisation.

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Certificates

Validation levels and coverage

Indicative pricing shown during development. Confirm current rates in the client area before ordering.

Domain Validation (DV)

Blogs, brochure sites and internal tools.

Covers
Single domain
Validation
Domain control check, usually completed within minutes.

$12/ year

Order Domain Validation (DV)

Wildcard DV

Sites running many subdomains.

Covers
Domain plus all first-level subdomains
Validation
Domain control check for the base domain.

$68/ year

Order Wildcard DV

Organisation Validation (OV)

Company sites that display verified organisation details.

Covers
Single or multi-domain
Validation
Business registration checks by the certificate authority.

$89/ year

Order Organisation Validation (OV)

Extended Validation (EV)

Financial services, checkout flows and high-trust portals.

Covers
Single or multi-domain
Validation
Full legal, operational and physical verification.

$179/ year

Order Extended Validation (EV)

Choosing

How the options differ

  • Domain Validation (DV)

    Confirms control of the domain. Issued quickly and suitable for most sites.

  • Organisation Validation (OV)

    Adds checks on the registered organisation behind the site.

  • Extended Validation (EV)

    The most thorough verification of the legal entity requesting the certificate.

  • Single domain

    Covers one hostname, such as your primary website address.

  • Wildcard

    Covers the base domain and all first-level subdomains.

  • Multi-domain

    Covers several distinct domains under one certificate.

Installation

Getting the certificate live

  • On BreezeHost hosting

    Issued, installed and renewed for you on shared, WordPress, store and container plans.

  • On a BreezeHost server

    Installed for you on Fully Managed VPS and managed dedicated servers.

  • On external infrastructure

    Certificate files supplied with installation guidance for your own server.

FAQ

Certificate questions

Encrypt traffic to your site

Order a certificate, or ask support which validation level fits your organisation.

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