Geotrust comes with the stability of a trusted root, brand recognition (something high-traffic sites are more likely to appreciate) and some perks like unlimited reissues. Having said that, I can understand that price is a major factor as well; this point and some of the other points made in this thread are very useful, thanks. Gradual diversification of our certificates portfolio is not a bad thing, but I don't have any concrete answers yet, I fear.
On a related note, I am curious to see how price points are impacted with the release of the Extended Validation Certificate: http://www.geotrust.com/products/ssl_certificates/hassl.asp. Thoughts, predictions welcome. Rahat Associate Product Manager Tucows -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gordon Hudson Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 6:47 AM To: Simon Waters; [email protected] Subject: Re: [domains-gen] Rapid SSL ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Waters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 11:19 AM Subject: Re: [domains-gen] Rapid SSL ? > On Wednesday 27 Sep 2006 10:56, Gordon Hudson wrote: >> >> Is there any possibility of Tucows offering RapidSSL ? > > I think also the wildcard offering isn't great. > > For most purchasers there is little difference between SSL providers > if it kills the "worry boxes" in mainstream browsers. > > I can get a Wildcard certificate from a big name competitor in the > domain business retail for around a fifth of the price for a Geotrust > one wholesale. > > Admittedly we only sell certificates as part of other services, but > really > the > convenience factor of using Tucows for this isn't great. Perhaps time to > either revamp the SSL offerings or leave the field gracefully. I find the convenience of using Tucows to be a benefit over other providers. I notice you can sign up to be a reseller for RapidSSL and get it for $29 directly which might work out OK. I would still pay $10 to run it on my Tucows account though. The problem we had with Comodo was that they let us approve certs for customers (big plus point) but they also would not issue VAT receipts in the correct currency which effectively put up their prices by 17.5% as we could not reclaim it. Then they kept changing their chain certificates which caused chaos as we migh thave five ont he one server all linked to the same chain cert but with different expiry dates. I am gradually moving over to the QuickSSL for customer certs but I agree with you about removing the browser warning messages being the main issue for customers. We do shared SSL fot hosting customers and now use [you may wish to sit down before reading any further] Starfield/Godaddy certificates because we get three year ones for $57! Its worth that not to have to change the cert every year. They use a chain cert but work in all the normal browsers. However, you can't use them for .uk domains as they need an admin email address in the whois. Geotrust is better because you can specify an approver email address like ssladmin@ or root@ so it can be used for any TLD. So, what i am getting at is that price is not everything. Convenience is as big an issue. Rapid SSL seems to be a good compromise between price and convenience, but having to deal with another supplier is something I would prefer not to do. I used to have a geotrust account but they were charging us $89 so I started using the Tucows at $69. I would like Tucows to offer the RapidSSL so we can have the full range of options. Regards Gordon Hudson Hostroute.com Ltd www.hostroute.net _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
