VirMach GeoTrust QuickSSL Premium, $ 79.00/yr. on SSL Certificates

GeoTrust QuickSSL Premium is presented as a faster brand name alternative to the entry level RapidSSL offering and is targeted at organisations that want a well known certificate authority and slightly stronger brand recognition on their certificate chain. It is still a domain validation certificate, so the main requirement is to prove control of the domain through automated checks, but the GeoTrust name and product line are often preferred on small ecommerce sites, SaaS landing pages and sign in portals that handle more sensitive information than a simple blog. The product description emphasises quick enrollment and issuance, with most orders processed in minutes, as well as easy management and renewal through the same web interface once the initial deployment has been completed. Pricing of roughly seventy nine dollars per year reflects the higher brand value and additional features from the upstream certificate authority, while still keeping the cost within reach of small businesses, agencies and contractors. This plan is a good match for owners who want to display a recognised brand in certificate details, or who are standardising on GeoTrust across multiple domains and sub brands while still using domain validation for speed and simplicity.

SSL certificates on this platform are delivered through an automated system that handles certificate requests, validation and provisioning through the same billing portal that is used for hosting and domain services. After a certificate order is placed and payment is confirmed, the system guides the customer through domain control validation and then issues the certificate, so in most cases the certificate can be deployed in minutes without in depth PKI knowledge. Once installed, the certificate encrypts traffic between browsers and the web server so that logins, forms and payment details cannot be read in transit, and browsers display the familiar padlock and https prefix next to the site address to indicate a secure connection and verified identity information. The catalogue and help text explain the differences between domain validation, organisation validation and extended validation, noting that DV is suitable for personal sites and non critical pages, OV adds business identity for login and account areas, and EV provides the highest assurance for ecommerce and online banking style applications where trust signals are especially important.

Alongside individual product descriptions, the SSL section emphasises that encrypting every production site has become a baseline best practice and that modern browsers now label plain http sites as not secure, sometimes with visible warnings that can unsettle visitors and damage conversion rates. Search engines are described as rewarding encrypted sites with small ranking boosts, which gives site owners an extra incentive to enable https even on content sites that do not handle payments. The material highlights benefits such as encrypting sensitive data, protecting user privacy, activating the lock icon, proving site legitimacy and improving SEO, all of which apply regardless of which certificate brand or validation level is chosen. There is also guidance that, when a domain is hosted on the same provider using supported control panels like cPanel, Plesk or DirectAdmin, renewal orders can be generated automatically and the system will help with validation and installation each year so that certificates are kept current with minimal manual effort from administrators.