{"id":12379,"date":"2021-02-12T10:45:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T15:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostdime.com\/blog\/?p=12379"},"modified":"2021-09-01T12:27:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T16:27:02","slug":"does-ev-ssl-increase-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostdime.com\/blog\/does-ev-ssl-increase-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Does an EV SSL Certificate Increase Sales?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Not all SSLs are created equal. Comodo Essential SSL certificates here at HostDime range between $30 and $150 a year, while the top-end EV SSL certificates are a higher investment at $300 a year. <\/p>\n

What are EV SSL’s and do they increase sales enough to justify the investment? Let’s dive in and go over some numbers to see if the cost is worth it for your enterprise. <\/p>\n

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Does EV SSL Increase Sales?<\/h1>\n

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EV stands for Extended Validation and these certificates are suited for businesses that require extra assurance and validation to potential customers. EV is the highest level of trust that an SSL has to offer, and is ideal for e-commerce sites and large businesses where financial and data transactions are necessary. <\/p>\n

What you get with EV that you don’t get with other SSL types is the coveted green bar in the browser. When you’re on at a website secured with an EV SSL, instead of seeing just the padlock in the browser, you\u2019ll see the entire organization name highlighted in green to the left of the domain name. <\/p>\n

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The CA Security Council is a group of leading certificate authorities and they recently surveyed<\/a> 670 U.S. consumers to gauge how security savvy they really are, and how much they trust the e-commerce infrastructure. <\/p>\n