An IP address is a unique number that identifies a site or a web server on the Internet, so in the event that you have a dedicated IP, it will be employed solely by your websites and shall not be shared with others as it happens with shared website hosting accounts. In case you have your own server, you'll have a dedicated IP, but you may need additional ones for many different uses. Provided you have an online store, for instance, you shall need an SSL certificate for it, in order to make certain that the payment information your clients submit will be encrypted and protected. The same is valid in case you have a login form of some sort and you want the usernames and the passwords that visitors type in to be protected. The SSL certificate requires a dedicated IP address, which needs to 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 need a slightly better efficiency for a given website, which shall influence its position in search engine results.
Extra Dedicated IPs in VPS Servers
Every VPS server service that we provide comes with 1 dedicated IP address and if you add an Internet hosting CP to it, we shall provide you with a second one at no additional cost, so that you can use it the way you see fit. If you need to use more IPs, you shall be able to order them with only two mouse clicks at any time, since you'll find this sort of an option both on our order page and inside your billing CP. In the first case, the dedicated addresses shall be available the moment the virtual server is ready, while in the second - a few moments after you buy them. You can renew the IPs along with your VPS plan and use them for so long as you would like. They can be useful not only for your own Internet sites, but also for the websites of any clients which you may have in the event that you are using the virtual server to run an Internet hosting reseller business. There is no restriction on how often you could order additional IPs or on the amount of of them you could use with your hosting server at any time.
Extra Dedicated IPs in Dedicated Servers
All dedicated service which we offer include three IP addresses by default and you could use them in any way you see fit. In the event that you need more IPs for any reason, you may add them to your server with a couple of mouse clicks without restrictions as to their number or to the duration for which you shall be able to use them. This upgrade comes in increments of three and if you require the IPs straight away, you may add them to the package deal during the signup process, while in the event that it turns out that you require more IPs at some point afterwards, you can order them just as easily from your billing area and we shall assign them to your dedicated server a few moments later. The dedicated IPs may be renewed together with the web server plan on a monthly basis and you could decide if you will renew all of them or just a few - in case you no longer require that many. You can use the IPs both for your own websites and for client hosting accounts - if you're using the dedicated server as a web hosting reseller platform.