SSLmatic: Quality, Cheap SSL Certificates and Giveaway!

Written by David Walsh on Tuesday, April 28, 2009

If you develop eCommerce websites or create applications that request sensitive user information, you’re probably well aware of the advantages of using SSL certificates. For those that haven’t, SSL certificates:

• Encrypt data between the user’s browser and the web server.
• Provide peace of mind to users giving their information.
• Are required by credit card companies for vendors accepting credit card payment (even for vendors that have a website WITHOUT eCommerce.

Purchasing a SSL certificate can be quite an investment. Many vendors charge up to $400 per certificate. That’s right: $400! Peace of mind and security are important but that doesn’t mean that SSL certificates should put a dent in your budget. Enter a great SSL certificate vendor called SSLmatic.

SSLmatic provides cheap SSL certificates for as low as $20/year. You’d think that for that cost you’d get a no-name, generic certificate but that’s not the case. SSLmatic provides SSL certificates for some of the web’s largest SSL vendors:

SSLmatic also simplifies the SSL certificate request process. Here’s how it works:

Already have a security certificate? No problem! SSLmatic also offers renewal certificates. As always SSLmatic allows you to lock in your SSL certificate for just one year or up to five years. For more information on specific policies, check out the SSLmatic website.

SSLmatic asked me to try their service and it was by far the easiest non-hosting-provider-forces-you-to-use-them-so-they-hold-you-hostage SSL certificate process I’ve ever completed. I answered a couple quick questions, provided SSLmatic a CSR, and in no-time I had my SSL certificate waiting for me in my inbox. From there I was able to navigate to my Plesk administrative panel, plug in my SSL certificate, and I was done. No hassle — just plug and play. Sweet!

SSLmatic SSL Certificate Giveaway! Yep — Free RapidSSL Certificates!

SSLmatic would like five David Walsh Blog readers to give their service a shot. Want to be one of the chosen five? Easy and fun. In a comment below, post your favorite actor/actress’ name with “FTW” after it. For example:

Christina Ricci FTW!

Winners will be chosen at random and posted Friday. Thank you to SSLmatic for this opportunity and good luck to everyone that comments!

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April 28 / #

aiai says:

Joe Pesci FTW

April 28 / #

mdcarter says:

Hugh Jackman FTW

April 28 / #

Ronny-André Bendiksen says:

Ben Stiller FTW!

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adamnfish says:

Eva Green FTW

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Timothy says:

Tina Fey FTW

April 28 / #

daKmoR says:

Kevin Spacey FTW!

April 28 / #

Steffen says:

Jack Nicholson FTW!

April 28 / #

Gregorio Espadas says:

Jessica Alba FTW!

April 28 / #

fallsemo says:

Steve Buscemi FTW!

April 28 / #

saurabh shah says:

Megan Fox FTW!

April 28 / #

Jérôme says:

John Cusack FTW!

April 28 / #

Paul says:

Nick Cage FTW!

April 28 / #

Rexxars says:

Edward Norton FTW!

April 28 / #

John says:

Kiefer Sutherland FTW!

April 28 / #

Dumitru says:

Jim Carrey FTW!

April 28 / #

Shayne Bartlett says:

philip seymour hoffman FTW

April 28 / #

Fábio M. Costa says:

Johnny Depp FTW!

April 28 / #

Edgar Gonçalves says:

Ricky Gervais FTW

April 28 / #

André Dion says:

Dave Chappelle FTW!

April 28 / #

alelo says:

Harrison Ford FTW

April 28 / #

Rich says:

Robert Dinero FTW

April 28 / #

Luke says:

Michael Caine FTW!

April 28 / #

David Walsh says:

Wow — lots of variety so far!

April 28 / #

Hugo B. says:

Liam Neeson FTW

April 28 / #

Wouter says:

Neil Patrick Harris FTW

April 28 / #

Bassem khairy says:

Mel Gibson FTW!

April 28 / #

H M Elius says:

Will Smith FTW~

April 28 / #

Bobby Shirley says:

Steve Carrell FTW!

April 28 / #

Monkeytail says:

Mickey Mouse FTW!

April 28 / #

Sajid Khan says:

Dane Judy Dench FTW

April 28 / #

Jeremy Parrish says:

Jim Parsons FTW!

April 28 / #

Rob Simpkins says:

Christian Bale FTW!

April 28 / #

Enrico says:

John Malkovich FTW!

April 28 / #

panki says:

Sean Penn FTW!

April 28 / #

Guillermo Rauch says:

Olmo Maldonado FTW!

April 28 / #

Thomas says:

SSLBuddy.com only charges $15 for a RapidSSL cert

April 28 / #

mee says:

Johnny Depp FTW!

April 28 / #

Ryan says:

Christina Ricci FTW!

April 28 / #

Eric Miller says:

Sean Connery FTW!

April 28 / #

David says:

Jean Reno FTW!

April 28 / #

SikhNerd says:

Keira Knightley FTW

April 28 / #

Babatunde Adeyemi says:

Jason Statham FTW!

April 28 / #

Kromack says:

Marvin FTW !

April 28 / #

José Maria Barros says:

Jeff Bridges FTW

April 28 / #

RaphaelDDL says:

Jessica Alba FTW

btw, thats cool to sell SSL certificates..
Yours already give that green bar at FF or that weird “omg, suspect certificate”?

April 28 / #

Pablo says:

Juan Carlos Altavista FTW

April 28 / #

Gilles Hooghe says:

Tchéky Karyo FTW

April 28 / #

dc says:

Kevin Spacey FTW!

April 28 / #

Shawn says:

Penélope Cruz FTW

April 28 / #

Matt says:

Summer Glau FTW!

April 28 / #

Michael Rice says:

John Belushi FTW!

April 28 / #

BeN says:

Marisa Tomei FTW

April 28 / #

grigri says:

Summer Glau FTW

April 28 / #

Chris Forrette says:

¡Maggie Gyllenhaal FTW!

April 28 / #

John says:

Chuck Norris FTW!

April 28 / #

Pablo Pasqualino says:

Ben Stiller FTW

April 28 / #

Steve Robillard says:

Julianne moore FTW

April 28 / #

Steve Robillard says:

Julianne Moore FTW!

April 28 / #

Noah Hendrix says:

Al Pacino FTW!

April 28 / #

Austin Dworaczyk Wiltshire says:

Hugo Weaving FTW!

April 28 / #

DXB says:

George Clooney FTW

April 28 / #

Paul de Vries says:

my son FTW!

April 28 / #

Ben Delaney says:

Penelope Cruz FTW.

April 28 / #

Jets says:

me FTW!

April 28 / #

Jeff Hartman says:

Jack Black FTW!

April 28 / #

Alex says:

Johny Walked FTW!

April 28 / #

HobbesPDX says:

Paul Newman FTW

April 28 / #

Keloran says:

Morgan Freeman FTW!

April 28 / #

Henrik says:

Stellan Skarsgård FTW!

April 28 / #

Diego says:

kate beckinsale FTW!

April 28 / #

Juan Pablo Jones says:

Clint Eastwood FTW

April 28 / #

Michael says:

keanu reeves FTW!

April 28 / #

Steve says:

Summer Glau FTW!

April 28 / #

CrypticSwarm says:

Hugh Jackman or Gene Hackman because their names sound so flip floggin the same FTW!

April 28 / #

Drew Douglass says:

John Edward Norton FTW!

April 28 / #

Aniq Rahman says:

Christian Slater FTW!

April 29 / #

Robbo says:

Ron Jeremy FTW

April 29 / #

amos says:

Natalie Portman FTW!

April 29 / #

allen says:

Christopher Walken FTW!

April 29 / #

mrLami says:

Denzel Washington FTW!

April 29 / #

Phillip Lovelace says:

Adam Sandler FTW!

April 29 / #

jeremy says:

malkovich WTF

April 29 / #

Laurence Wilks says:

Keeley Hawes FTW!

April 29 / #

DJo says:

Angelina Jolie FTW!

April 29 / #

Craig Dugas says:

Christopher Lambert FTW!

April 29 / #

Tony says:

Jim Carrey FTW!

April 29 / #

Laurence Wilks says:

Keely Hawes FTW!

April 29 / #

Tim says:

Bill Allen FTW

April 29 / #

Matt says:

Jason Lee FTW!

April 30 / #

Samuel says:

Tracy Morgan FTW

April 30 / #

João Almeida says:

Ashton Kutcher’s wife! FTW

April 30 / #

Matt says:

Kevin Spacey FTW

April 30 / #

Karthikeyan says:

Rajinikanth FTW

April 30 / #

insic says:

Edward Norton FTW!

April 30 / #

nicks451 says:

Colin Firth FTW!

April 30 / #

digital says:

Anthony Hopkins FTW!

April 30 / #

ElanMan says:

Clint Eastwood FTW!

May 01 / #

Shishant says:

Katrina Kaif WTF!

May 01 / #

Kasdan Hall says:

Owen Wilson FTW

May 01 / #

Linus Graybill says:

Humphrey Bogart FTW!!

May 01 / #

Mike Kivikoski says:

Jack Black FTW!

May 01 / #

nick molina says:

Jet Li FTW!

May 02 / #

Alex Weber says:

Robert Deniro FTW

May 06 / #

Mark Simpson says:

Tom Hanks FTW!

May 06 / #

Guillem Virgili says:

Juliette Binoche FTW

May 06 / #

Rafeek says:

Kate Winslet FTW

May 10 / #

Pedro says:

V for vendetta ACTOR FTW!

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