When you host a website on a server, it works by using the server's shared IP address - a special number that is used to distinguish a device connected to the Web. The website name that you use for the site is for easy accessibility and convenience of the visitors, but on a lower level, their browser connects to the IP address of the server. As there're a lot more sites than IPs, shared website hosting servers use the very same IP for a variety of sites even if they are owned by different users. While this doesn't affect the site performance directly, having a dedicated IP may slightly enhance the loading speed of a given site, giving it superior rankings in search engine results. Such an IP is necessary for the setup of an SSL certificate as well, so if you wish to protect the payment or login info that your website visitors enter, you'll need an IP along with the SSL.

Dedicated IP Address in Cloud Hosting

If you host your websites on our up-to-date cloud platform and you have a cloud hosting plan, you will be able to add a dedicated IP to your account at any time and assign it to any domain or subdomain with just a few clicks. The aforementioned option is available in all the data centers where we offer services - Chicago (US), Coventry (UK) and Sydney (AU), so whatever your choice throughout the registration process, you can acquire a dedicated IP for your sites. You can add / remove an IPas well as to keep track of the free and used ones at any moment. In case any of the IPs that you obtain will be used for an SSL certificate, you may activate the automatic configuration feature in our SSL order wizard and then our system will request & assign the IP before it installs the certificate automatically. Our adaptable platform will allow you to use a dedicated IP for a number of websites as well if it's not in use by an SSL.

Dedicated IP Address in Dedicated Web Hosting

All of the Linux dedicated web hosting that we provide feature three dedicated IP addresses by default and for free. You are able to employ them for any type of purpose according to the content that you have on your server - a video game server or a Voice-Over-IP app, an SSL certificate for a website that you host, private name servers for a reseller domain which your clients can use to direct domain names to their website hosting accounts, etc. You will also be able to obtain extra dedicated IP addresses through the Upgrades part of your billing Control Panel in case you need more than the ones which come with your plan. You'll be able to get the IPs in sets of three and they shall be added to your dedicated server right after you send your order, so you can start using them without any delays.