An IP address is a unique number that identifies a website or a server on the Internet, so in the event that you have a dedicated IP, it will be employed just by your websites and won't be shared with others as it happens with shared web hosting accounts. If you have your own web server, you'll have a dedicated IP, but you may require additional ones for many different purposes. Provided you have a web-based store, for example, you shall need an SSL certificate for it, so as to make certain that the payment information that your customers submit shall be encrypted and safe. The same is valid in the event that you have a login form of some sort and you would like the usernames and the passwords which visitors input to be protected. The SSL certificate requires a dedicated IP, which needs to be different from the one that you already have on the server. You could also need a separate IP for an application such as a VoIP server, or if you want a slightly better overall performance for a particular website, which will influence its position in search engine results.

Extra Dedicated IPs in Dedicated Hosting

If you obtain one of our dedicated server plans, you will get 3 IP addresses at no additional charge and you may use them for any purpose. If you require additional IPs, you could request them anytime from your billing area and we shall assign them to the hosting server a few minutes later. You can also get additional IPs during the signup process and they'll 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 three and you'll be able to select how many addresses you will order and how long you shall use them, since you will be able to pick the number of IPs that you will renew on a monthly basis with your server plan. Any IP address that's assigned to your dedicated server can be used not only for your personal content, but for any Internet site or app your customers may have - if you have obtained the hosting server with the goal to resell the disk space to third parties.