Hi All,
I have a question about SSL.
I have a GoDaddy domain and I have purchased and installed SSL on that domain via GoDaddy.
Now, I have connected that domain to Shopify.
Question: Does Shopify automatically provide their own SSL to all stores? Should I even have a GoDaddy SSL and pay for that? Is it going to be used? Should I have both?
Can someone please help?
Thank you!
Hi there @Armyanchik !
Thanks for sharing your query here in the Shopify Community!
Any domain connected to your Shopify store should have an SSL cert provisioned automatically once the DNS records have been updated to point to Shopify and these changes have propagated fully online.
There’s no extra charge for this, so if you can share your store domain with me here I can take a look to see what I can see there.
Would you have added or updated this recently, and is this your first time setting up a store online?
Thank you.
I have purchased 1 year via GoDaddy and read that Shopify also provides it. I dont want to have double certificates pointing to the same site. Do I need the GoDaddy one or should I disable it?
buyvostok.com is the site
Thank you!
Hi again @Armyanchik !
Thanks for sharing your store’s domain name with me here.
I can confirm that there’s an SSL cert in place correctly for this domain.
It’s up to you to decide if you’d rather not also have another SSL cert present for this, as we’d only be able to provide support for the Shopify side of things here.
I did find some info on this external site about having more than one cert present on a domain that you may wish to consider as you think about your options.
I also had a look at GoDaddy’s own guide to uninstalling an SSL cert, though if you have questions about this you can access their support options from the top of that page!
Can you tell me a bit more about your store and business, it looks like you’re working towards launch still?
There are few important things for you to consider for long term business. Either you can point your nameserver to Shopify completely and then Shopify manages everything(including SSL) OR you can just forward “A” records to Shopfy and then handle everything else like your email providers etc. If you do all of those in Shopify you will have a vendor-lock-in with Shopify and moving away from it will be very difficult.
So decision is totally yours. If it were my business, I would not tie up everything with 1 vendor. For years I have been getting cheap ssl certificates and managing different providers separately.
can you please check my domain www.gymati.com
i still dont see the SSL certificate i got from Godaddy, and its been over a week
Hi there @NOAMM !
I checked out the domain name you shared here and I can see that it’s up online and showing a secure lock icon, letting us know that it’s secure.
Could you let me know if you see the same on your end now?
Are you a new or established business moving online?
Consider expanding on your ‘Our Story’ page to build out an ‘About us’ page you might be able to use to grow your store.
Hi
Thank you for the reply
We are a new business
And got the SSL certificate about 2 weeks ago
Can you explain why in some desktops I see this warning of “this site might still your information?” “This link is not private “ “this link is suspicious “
Yes! Cheapsslweb is indeed one of the cheapest SSL providers in the market for authentic SSL certs at affordable pricing. You may also find Certera as one of the trusted and cheapest SSL/TLS certificate providers in the market with SSL certs starting at just $2.99/yr
Choosing Shopify for everything (nameservers & SSL) locks you in. Forward “A” records only and manage email etc. separately for flexibility and cheaper SSL options. Avoid vendor lock-in!
Godaddy is much more costly compared to other providers like SSL2BUY.