Question: Are there any extra costs involved in hosting a secure site?
Answer by BestHost Ratings
Yes, most web hosting companies provide shared SSL certificates, this means that your site will not have its own certificate and if you try to access it over HTTPS you will receive a warning about the certificate validity. To avoid such warnings you need to purchase SSL certificate from a CA(certificated) authority like VeriSign, Thawte, InstantSSL, etc. The prices vary, but you will most probably get an SSL for about $100/year. Also there might be some installation fees at your hosting company so you will need to ask them about that.
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