Google Says I Need SSL Certificate?

Many domain registrars use this little trickery to get you to purchase something you don’t need. Let’s face it, the reality is a domain registration is the most important element of your digital presence, and the least expensive. With domains costing anywhere from $4 for first year and $12 – $50 per year after that, the domain registrar is getting the short end of the deal, with hosting costing anywhere from $100 – $300 per year, and on and on it goes.

So when there is an opportunity to upsell most companies do! And the SSL certificate is one place for website service providers to do that. So the domain registrar may sell you an inexpensive domain, or you may want one of the fancy domains and pay a premium price for it. Then they tell you as in the image above that in order to get a secure url you have to purchase an SSL certificate. This is false.

The url and the domain are separate and distinct entities in the digital world. The url includes your domain name and the url will designate if the website is secure or not. See that? The security is on the website, not the domain name! When set up properly a Google approved secure website beginning with https:// will not cost you a dime extra, not even a penny!

That’s why working with PraiseWorx you get total quality service as expected with no hidden fees! Your website will be set up with security built in without any additional cost, because we set it up correctly and automatically! Every website installed by PraiseWorx will have the Google approved https:// already built in.

If you want to avoid all the confusion, just let PraiseWorx handle everything for you, including the domain name registration. Then you don’t have to worry about the wolves in sheep clothes!

But if you like the challenge, go ahead and secure your domain name, but don’t pay for SSL certificate on the front end. You can in most cases get the security you need in the website installation.

Praise the Lord! Praise Worx!!