An IP address is a unique number that identifies a site or a web server on the world-wide web, so if you have a dedicated IP, it shall be used exclusively by your Internet sites and won't be shared with other people as it happens with shared Internet hosting accounts. If you have your own web server, you'll have a dedicated IP, but you may need extra ones for various uses. Provided you have an Internet store, for example, you'll need an SSL certificate for it, so as to make certain that the payment information that your clients submit shall be encrypted and safe. The same is valid in case you have a login form of some type and you wish the usernames and the passwords that visitors enter to be secured. The SSL certificate requires a dedicated IP address, which has to be different from the one that you already have on the web server. You may also need an independent IP for an app such as a VoIP server, or if you need a slightly better overall performance for a given website, which will affect its position in search engine results.
Extra Dedicated IPs in VPS Hosting
If you choose to buy one of our Linux VPS hosting, we will give you one dedicated IP address by default and a second one at no extra cost - if you add any of the hosting Control Panels we offer to your order. Some other IPs may be purchased easily in case you require them. The option is offered on the order page, so in case you require more IPs right away, we can assign them to your VPS the instant it's put in place and you can use them the moment you start using the web server. If you require them for any reason later, you can order them through the billing area and they shall be available within a few minutes. Thus, you can assign dedicated IP addresses not just to your own sites, but also to clients' sites provided you have started a reseller enterprise. You could order IPs as often as required and renew them along with your virtual server plan. If, eventually, you require less IPs, you shall have the opportunity to renew only those which you need, while the extra ones shall be removed from your hosting server.
Extra Dedicated IPs in Dedicated Web Hosting
When you get one of our dedicated server plans, you will get three IP addresses at no additional charge and you'll be able to use them for any purpose. If you need more IPs, you could request them at any time through your billing area and we'll assign them to the web server a couple of minutes later. You can also get additional IPs during the signup process and they will be available on your machine the moment it is set and we hand it over to you. The IP upgrade is available in increments of 3 and you can decide how many addresses you will order and how long you will use them, since you will be able to select the number of IPs which you'll renew every month with your hosting server plan. Any IP address which is assigned to your dedicated server can be used not just for your personal content, but for any Internet site or application that your clients may have - if you have purchased the machine with the goal to resell the disk space to third parties.