Thread: IP address & SSL certificate

Am trying to sign up to Voda host and it asked if I wanted to pay extra for a designated IP address? What exactly does this mean? Also wanted to know if I wanted to pay $99 for a SSL certificate? What is this? And do we need this?

Thanks,
Ralph

No, if you don't know what they are, you don't need them. Should you need them later on, you can purchase them at a second time. (SSL Standard Socket Layer) cerificate: it encrypts comunication between your server and your visitor, usefull for securing delicate data (credit card numbers) on e-commerce sites.
IP address: a dedicated IP address is all yours, you don't share it with the other people on the same server. If your traffic becomes large, you would consider it.