An IP address is a unique number that identifies a website or a server on the world-wide web, so in the event that you have a dedicated IP, it shall be employed only by your sites and won't be shared with other individuals as it happens with shared website hosting accounts. In case you have your own web server, you will have a dedicated IP, but you may require extra ones for a variety of purposes. If you have an electronic store, for instance, you will need an SSL certificate for it, so as to make certain that the payment information that your clients submit will be encrypted and safe. The same is valid in the event that you have a login form of some sort and you wish the usernames and the passwords that visitors type in to be secured. The SSL certificate requires a dedicated IP, which should be different from the one which you already have on the web server. You could also need an individual IP for an application such as a VoIP server, or if you would like a slightly better efficiency for a certain website, which will affect its position in search engine results.
Extra Dedicated IPs in VPS Hosting
If you opt for one of the virtual private servers plans we supply, you'll get 1 dedicated IP address, and with every hosting server that's ordered with a Control Panel, we supply a second one totally free. If you'd like to use additional IPs, you'll be able to add them to your package with only a couple of clicks anytime. If you require them immediately, for instance, you could add them to your order and they will be assigned to your VPS the minute it's set up. In case you need them later, you may add them via your billing CP and they'll be available within a couple of minutes. You may assign them to personal Internet sites with a few clicks or to any of your customers - if you're using the virtual server to start out your own web hosting business. You could take advantage of this upgrade as often as you like and you can renew the additional IP addresses with your plan for as long as needed.
Extra Dedicated IPs in Dedicated Web Hosting
When you get one of our dedicated server plans, you'll get three IP addresses at no additional charge and you could use them for any purpose. If you need even more IPs, you can request them at any time through your billing area and we'll assign them to the hosting server a couple of minutes later. You may also get additional IPs during the signup procedure and they will be available on your server the minute it is all set and we hand it over to you. The IP upgrade is available in increments of 3 and you may choose how many addresses you'll order and how long you'll use them, as you could pick the number of IPs that you'll renew each month with your web server plan. Any IP address that's assigned to your dedicated server can be used not only for your personal content, but also for any Internet site or app your clients may have - if you have acquired the hosting server with the intent to resell the disk space to third parties.