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I just recently enabled SSL on my business website. It was anything but simple.<p>First of all, I had to get a dedicated server, because a bunch of other sites were running on the same server, and the hosting company doesn't offer additional IP addresses.<p>Then I wanted to get an SSL certificate. I picked Comodo, because they seemed to offer the cheapest full business validation certificate, but then accidentally bought a domain only certificate because their marketing was so confusing. Their friendly customer service walked me through a complicated process for changing my order.<p>To get the certificate issued, it took me a week to collect the documents they requested. I had to make sure my business was listed in the yellow pages, so they could send me an automatic phone call for verifying my number.<p>After every step in the process, they told me to log into their online management area, which was offline from time to time.<p>I had to confirm my email address by clicking a link about a dozen times. Half of the emails were missing the confirmation link.<p>Twice I got an email telling me my order will soon be processed, and nothing happened for two days. I had to open tickets in some online support area or send them emails to get them to continue processing.<p>All in all it took me a month to get SSL working. Now I understand why so many sites do not use HTTPS.