An SSL certificate is a small file stored on the server. It encrypts the connection between a visitor and your website, so that what is sent in each direction cannot be read along the way. It is also what makes an address start with https instead of http.
When the certificate is missing or has expired, browsers warn the visitor before the page appears. That warning is the first thing people see, instead of your content.
A certificate is valid for a limited time and has to be renewed before it runs out. On current hosting this renewal happens automatically, so nobody has to keep it in mind. Each certificate is issued for a specific domain, so a second domain needs its own.
Websites & shops
What a website costs depends mainly on scope, design, content and features such as a shop or booking. At bown a website starts from €499 excl. VAT, and running it with hosting and maintenance from €39 per month excl. VAT.
Websites & shops
An online shop pays off when you sell products or clearly defined services at clear prices, shipping or pickup is sorted, and someone handles orders, returns and upkeep for the long term.
Hosting & servers
Moving domain and email works without an outage if you first record every DNS entry, prepare mailboxes at the new provider, only then switch over, and cancel the old contract only once everything demonstrably works.
Websites & shops
A website for a small business has to explain within a few seconds what you offer, work on a phone and make an enquiry possible without detours.
Hosting & servers
Ongoing maintenance means someone backs up, updates and monitors your website and handles small changes, so that it stays reachable and secure.
Prefer not to do this yourself? bown offers a free 30-minute intro call to talk through your project.