If you host a site on a server, it makes use of the server's shared IP address - a special number that's used to distinguish any kind of device connected to the Web. The website name that you use for the site is for easy accessibility and convenience of the website visitors, but on a more basic level, their Internet browser connects to the IP address of the server. Considering that there're many more websites than IP addresses, shared website hosting servers use the very same IP for many different sites even in case they belong to separate users. While this doesn't affect the site performance directly, using a dedicated IP can slightly increase the loading speed of a given website, granting it higher rankings in search engine results. Such an IP is needed for the setup of an SSL certificate too, so when you plan to secure the payment or login information that your site visitors type in, you'll need an IP along with the SSL.
Dedicated IP Address in Shared Hosting
If you use some of our shared hosting plans, you can add a dedicated IP to your account in no time and assign it to a domain or subdomain with no more than a few clicks. This is valid no matter which data center you have picked for your account during the registration process, therefore you will be able to take advantage of this feature in our US, UK and AU facilities. In this way, you can have a dedicated IP for an e-commerce site, for example, whereas a forum attached to it can use the server's shared IP as you can edit each domain or subdomain separately through the Hosted Domains section of your Hepsia Control Panel. When you need a dedicated IP for an SSL certificate and you acquire the SSL through us, you can use our auto-configuration instrument, that will assign an IP and set up the SSL automatically for the website where you wish to use them.
Dedicated IP Address in Semi-dedicated Servers
With only a couple of clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel, you will be able to add one or multiple dedicated IP addresses to your semi-dedicated hosting plan and assign them to your websites. The Hosted Domains part of Hepsia will help you find the available IPs and to check the ones which are in use with ease. Provided you wish to get a new IP for an SSL certificate, you are able to use the auto-configuration function, that's available in our SSL order wizard. When you activate this option, you will not have to do anything after you post your order as our system will request a dedicated IP, assign it to the domain or subdomain in question, then add the SSL certificate - all of this automatically and without any action on your end. That way, you'll be able to protect the details that visitors post on your site even if you lack previous experience with such matters.
Dedicated IP Address in Dedicated Servers
In case you need a dedicated server, you probably want to run a web application or host a lot of websites, so we supply three dedicated IPs at no charge with each and every package and you're able to use them as you see fit - a software server, an SSL certificate, even child name servers for a domain which you have registered here or through another company. The aforementioned option is very useful when you use the dedicated server to host customers' websites because it'll give you trustworthiness and anonymity as a website hosting service provider. The server billing Control Panel will enable you to add extra IPs as well - the upgrade comes in increments of three and takes just a few clicks in the Upgrades section, so you'll be able to go ahead and use your brand new dedicated IPs several minutes after you submit your order.