use SSL to complete order from another, different URL, that is not?

[Johnnycopilot]

Can I use a Zen Cart website shopping cart that is SSL enabled and working to process orders from another Zen Cart website ("finish" the checkout process)? Or can I use it to process orders from several other websites? I would (obviously) tell the customer that they were going somewhere else to checkout. Thanks!!

[DrByte]

Is the "background story" here just that you don't want to set up SSL on the other store? If so, why not?

[Johnnycopilot]

Is the "background story" here just that you don't want to set up SSL on the other store? If so, why not?

In short, Cost,, Money.. I have noticed that the price of an SSL Certificate varies quiet a bit. From $10 to $250 a year, depending on the company providing it. Some people have told me that it is important who provides the certificate, but I don't know if it matters or not. If it doesn't matter, I could just go with the cheapest Certificate I can find, and do it that way, and have a separate SSL for each site. I would actually MUCH prefer to do it like that,, but like I said, it's all about money at this point.. I already have two Zen Cart sites set up, and I am paying over $100 a year each for the Certificates. I have 11 Domain names that have or are going to have the same and/or similar products..... just variations of the way they are marketed. For example, one website specializes in Wholesale Bodyboards; another will have ALL beach supplies, retail only (bodyboards, sand toys, umbrellas, rashguards, chairs, etc).... but because they are all going to be similar, I don't think that it would to strange to send someone from www.Wholesalebodyboards.com to www.Online-Surf-Shops.com, for example, to check out... and hopefully in the next year or so, I plan on having at least 15 - 20 other websites (some not related to any other sites). Cost is going to be huge if I have to pay $150 per website for an SSL. Once the websites start supporting themselves, hopefully, in a year or two, cost will not be such an issue, but I want to get many of these websites up and running within the next 4 to 5 months, and I don't want to fork out $1000 to $2000 for Certificates.. I hope that answers your question. I mean, I don't mind setting up and SSL, as far as "setting it up". Thanks Dr. Byte

[stevesh]

Buy the cheapest SSL certificate you can find. They're all the same, security-wise, and don't let anyone who wants your money suggest otherwise.

[DrByte]

Agreed. As far as SSL, from a technology standpoint the cheapest certificate is generally fine. The more expensive ones just charge for the "insurance" they offer ... and that's just "fluff", along with everything else they use to up-sell you.

[Johnnycopilot]

Buy the cheapest SSL certificate you can find. They're all the same, security-wise, and don't let anyone who wants your money suggest otherwise.

Thanks Stevesh

[Johnnycopilot]

Agreed. As far as SSL, from a technology standpoint the cheapest certificate is generally fine. The more expensive ones just charge for the "insurance" they offer ... and that's just "fluff", along with everything else they use to up-sell you.

Thanks Dr. Byte

[Limitless]

FYI namecheap offers comodo certs for 1.99/yr at the time you register or transfer your domain.

Providers used to be a bigger deal before browsers got 'caught up' and embedded/updated their root certificates.

GoDaddy certs are still a pain in that you have to install an intermediary/certificate chain on your web server, but 99% of the browsers now know about the various certificate authorities and won't throw a certificate error.

As stated, EV 'extended verification' certificates are completely unnecessary for e-commerce type sites.