When you host a site on a server, it employs the server's shared IP - an exclusive number that's used to identify a device connected to the Internet. The domain name which you use for the website is for easy access and convenience of the site visitors, but on a lower level, their web browser connects to the IP of the server. Since there're a lot more sites than IPs, shared website hosting servers use a single IP for several sites even in case they are owned by different users. Even though this doesn't affect the website performance directly, having a dedicated IP may slightly improve the loading speed of a given website, giving it higher positions in search engine results. Such an IP is necessary for the installation of an SSL certificate too, so when you would like to secure the payment or login data that your website visitors enter, you'll need an IP alongside the SSL.
Dedicated IP Address in Shared Web Hosting
If you use some of our shared web hosting plans, you will be able to add a dedicated IP to your account without any difficulty and assign it to a domain or subdomain with no more than a couple of clicks. This is valid no matter which data center you have picked for your account throughout the signup process, which means that you will be able to take advantage of this feature in our US, UK and AU facilities. This way, you can have a dedicated IP for an electronic commerce website, for example, while a forum attached to it can use the server's shared IP since you can modify each and every domain or subdomain independently through the Hosted Domains section of your Hepsia Control Panel. If you need a dedicated IP for an SSL certificate and you get the SSL through our company, you are able to use the auto-configuration tool, that will assign an IP and set up the SSL automatically for the website where you would like to use them.
Dedicated IP Address in Dedicated Servers Hosting
In case you order a dedicated server, you probably plan to run a web app or host numerous sites, so we provide 3 dedicated IPs 100 % free with each package and you are able to use them as you see fit - a software server, an SSL certificate, even child name servers for a domain that you have registered here or through another company. The last option is very useful in case you use your dedicated server to host users' Internet sites because it will give you trustworthiness and anonymity as a website hosting company. The server billing Control Panel will allow you to add extra IPs as well - the upgrade comes in increments of three and takes just a few clicks in the Upgrades section, which means that you will be able to go ahead and start using your new dedicated IP addresses just a few minutes after you send your order.