Your visitors always see the padlock, and we are the ones who keep it there.
Every site on the platform is issued a free SSL certificate as soon as its domain points at us. We install it, we send the whole chain with it so it works in every browser, and we renew it 30 days before it runs out. If you need your company name inside the certificate, or one that covers every subdomain, there are 6 you can buy and we fit those for you too.
Certificates you can buy start atUS$15a year
The free one is on every plan, including the trial.
What your visitor sees
What you see
- Site
- brightwavestudio.com
- Runs until
- 12 October 2026
- Names covered
- brightwavestudio.com, www.brightwavestudio.com
Renews on its own, 30 days before it runs out.
A certificate arrives on its own, and it is free.
A free SSL certificate is issued for your site, installed for you, and renewed 30 days before it runs out, for as long as your site is here. Your visitors see the padlock on their first visit and on every visit after it.
- It is issued for youThe moment your domain points at us, a certificate is requested, issued and installed on your site. That happens on every plan we sell that can hold a site, and it happens during the free trial as well.
- It renews itself, earlyEvery certificate here is checked every day and yours is renewed 30 days before it runs out, so the padlock is there every morning and the renewal stays our job rather than yours.
- It works in every browserThe signing certificate goes out with yours on every single connection, and that one detail is what decides whether the padlock appears on every phone, tablet and laptop your visitors use. It is handled here, for every site.
- It covers www as wellBoth the plain name and the www version are on the same certificate, and a staging copy of your site gets its own. Visitors reach you whichever way they type it.
Put your company name in front of your customers.
The free certificate proves you control the address, which is what the padlock has always meant. These 6 prove more than that: who is behind the site, or that every subdomain is covered, or that several domains sit on one certificate. Every price below is the real price in your own currency, for a year.
SSL DV Branded
Proves you control the address, issued within minutes, under your own arrangement rather than ours. The right one if you want the certificate in your own name.
US$15a yearChoose this oneSSL OV
Your company name sits inside the certificate, where any visitor can open it and read it. The one businesses choose when who is behind the site matters.
US$90a yearChoose this oneSSL EV
The strictest checks a certificate authority runs on a company before issuing anything. Chosen by financial and legal sites, and a person here walks the vetting through with you.
US$210a yearChoose this oneSSL Wildcard DV
One certificate covering every subdomain you have and every one you add later, so a new shop, blog or app is already covered on the day you create it.
US$114a yearChoose this oneSSL Wildcard OV
Every subdomain of your domain, with your company name inside the certificate. The two upgrades in one, for a business running several services on one name.
US$198a yearChoose this oneMulti-Domain SSL
Several different domains on a single certificate, so one renewal a year covers all of them instead of one renewal each.
US$150a yearChoose this oneYou buy it, and we fit it to your site.
Buy one of the 6 and the four steps after your payment are ours. The certificate is requested, proved, watched for and fitted, and it simply appears on your site.
- 01You pay, and we ask for itThe request goes out the moment your payment clears, with the key generated here so it never travels.
- 02We prove the domain for youThe record that proves you own the name is published straight into your DNS by us, so the proof is done for you while you get on with your day.
- 03We watch for it every five minutesA job checks for the issued certificate every five minutes, day and night, so it lands as soon as the authority signs it.
- 04We install it on your siteIf the site is hosted here, the certificate and its chain are fitted for you. If it lives somewhere else, everything you need is ready to download.
Which one do you actually need?
For almost everybody the free certificate is the answer, and it is already on the site. Here are the three decisions worth making, in plain words.
- A blog, a portfolio or a small shop
- The free certificate is the right answer, and it is already on your site. Every certificate on this page encrypts a connection in exactly the same way, so the free one already gives your visitors everything the padlock stands for. The 6 below add proof of who you are, which is what a business buys when its customers check.
- A business where people check who you are
- Choose an organisation validated certificate. Your company name goes inside it, and a customer who clicks the padlock reads your registered name rather than just your web address. That is the whole difference, and for a bank, a law firm or a broker it is worth having.
- Lots of subdomains, or lots of domains
- Choose a wildcard if everything sits under one name, so shop, blog, app and anything you add next are all covered by one certificate. Choose the multi-domain one if you run several separate domains and would rather renew once a year than five times.
Good questions, answered.
- Does a paid certificate make my site safer?
- Every certificate on this page encrypts a connection in exactly the same way, with the same modern ciphers, so the free one already gives your visitors the protection they came for. What you buy with a paid certificate is proof of identity: your registered company name inside it, or one certificate covering every subdomain, or several domains on one.
- Do I have to install or renew anything?
- We do all of it. The free certificate is requested, installed, served with its chain and renewed 30 days early, all of it automatic, and the panel shows you the days remaining so you can watch it happen. Buying one of the 6 changes what the certificate proves, and the work is still ours.
- When exactly does my free certificate appear?
- The moment your domain starts pointing at us. Change the record with your registrar and the certificate is requested, issued and installed for you as soon as that takes effect, and the panel shows you the days remaining from the first day.
- What happens when I move a site here that already has one?
- Your new site is issued its own free certificate here, so the padlock is live from the moment the domain arrives, and you can let the old one lapse. If you have bought a certificate elsewhere that still has time on it, upload it and we will fit it.
- Can I see the certificate for myself?
- Open your site in the panel and the certificate screen shows the exact name it covers, every address it protects, the date it runs until and the days remaining, with a button that reissues it on the spot if you ever want a fresh one.
Get the padlock, free, today.
Point a domain at us and the certificate is issued, installed and renewing itself before you have finished making the tea.
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