SSL certificate
The browser's lock icon: it encrypts the data that travels between a site and its visitor.
What is an SSL certificate, and why does my website need the lock icon?
An SSL certificate, which today is technically called TLS, lets your site open with "https" and show the lock icon in the browser bar. With it, anything a person types, like a password or their shipping details, travels encrypted, and nobody in the middle of the network can read it.
Certificates expire and need to be renewed. When a renewal fails, the browser shows a "not secure" warning that scares almost anyone off, so it is worth having the renewal happen automatically.
Why it matters to your business
Without the lock, browsers flag the page as not secure, and a customer who sees that warning is unlikely to leave their information or pay. In our plans the certificate is included the first year, along with hosting and the domain, and after that it falls under the annual renewal.
How we use this at Damorus
In URG Technology the store lives on HostGator shared hosting, and the automatic deployment deletes the previous version but protects the certificates folder, so its renewal never fails. A server configuration file also forces every visit to come in through https. On the sites we publish on Vercel, like La Roca, the certificate is issued and renewed automatically.
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