Being Charged For SSL With HostGator?

PassiveJ

Regular Member

Aug 26, 2017

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• Jun 26, 2019

• #1

Hi, was wondering if anyone else is in this boat?

Paid for 2 x SSL (for 2 x sites) with hostgator last year, shortly before they started giving them away for free.

Now noticed they have charged a renewal fee for each SSL. But new customers get for free wtf?

 

LinksDomains

Supreme Member

Feb 25, 2017

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• Jun 26, 2019

• #2

Are you sure this is the same certificate? Because there are tons of SSLs

 

berkay1907

Supreme Member

Mar 25, 2012

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• Jun 26, 2019

• #3

I don't think the SSL you bought are free. There is a free SSL company and paid SSL company. The ones you bought is special to your domains. So they are better.

 

TelegramDominator

Power Member

Nov 22, 2018

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• Jun 26, 2019

• #4

Usually these free SSL certificate are installed on the server and shared with all the sites that are stored on the server.

What you have acquired is a private SSL certificate.

 

youbike

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Mar 14, 2016

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• Jun 27, 2019

• #5

why op you just resign and back as new user .... simple as that baby

 

blackbeans

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Nov 29, 2008

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• Jun 27, 2019

• #6

Don't most hosts come with SSL already?

 

littlewebdragon

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Dec 30, 2007

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• Jun 27, 2019

• #7

blackbeans said:

Don't most hosts come with SSL already?

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Most hosts provide free SSL by Let's Encrypt. Of course some hosting providers do charge for SSL in case clients do need/want different certificate authority.