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I just recently enabled SSL on my business website. It was anything but simple.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.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.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.After every step in the process, they told me to log into their online management area, which was offline from time to time.I had to confirm my email address by clicking a link about a dozen times. Half of the emails were missing the confirmation link.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.All in all it took me a month to get SSL working. Now I understand why so many sites do not use HTTPS.