To have an SSL Certificate or Not?
Matthew
I am currently setting up a small partnership which is about to
promote local fruit and vegatbles in the country I live. The shopping
cart used is going to be Cubecart with a theme on it.
My question is this:
I decided that we are not going to handle any money transfers. The
payment gateways which I am inclined to use are: Paypal.com and
Moneybookers.com. Therefore both gateways have a high goodwill and no
problem with security on money on both. CubeCart has a company
partnership with both gateways.
Do you guess that to give an extra level of security and also a feel
that the site is to be trusted, I should go for an SSL certificate.
Therefore if the client goes to xyz.com he is redirected to https://xyz.com
? I am also thinking that this should help the clients feel that the
site is not a hoax (well we are going to promote the site heavily on
local media - the target market) and also gives them a feel that all
the transactions from start to end are secure and encrypted. Do you
agree?
What about an SSL certificate from Startcom? How did you find the
company? I am thinking of a free certificate to start with - just to
show the SSL details in the URL/I bar. According to Startcom their
certificates are compliant with Win XP SP3 and above. Do you think I
should go with them? This might end up showing as an ungranted
certificate in most SP2 or under Windows users and deal more damage to
me.
Any other cheap SSL certficates (except Godaddy? What are your
opinions here) which you suggest and do not rely on SP3 please?
Thanks for all your help
Matthew