What is an SSL Certificate? This certificate is now installed automatically when you order an advanced hosting plan, and has been installed for all existing paid hosting plans. Benefits of having your site visitors connect using the https encrypted protocol include: Better Search Engine ranking Enhanced User Trust Protect your User’s sensitive information Forcing an https:// Connection When people visit your website, but default if they type in your domain without specifying https://, they will connect with a standard unencrypted http:// connection. Older links to your website may also not specify the secure protocol, so these would also provide un-encrypted connection. You can however quite easily switch an http to an https connection by editing your .htaccess file. Here’s how to do this. Log in for your domain, and go to Paid Hosting > Manage Advanced Hosting to open up the cPanel window In the Files section, click on the icon for File Manager. This will open