Adding a Shopping Cart to a site. SSL and PAYPAL

[rudyten2000]

Lets say I have a simple website.

 

And I want to add a simple shopping cart with Payment carried out by Paypal.

 

I capture the shipping address on my site, and products.

 

I then pass the order and shipping address to Paypal to process payment.

 

Do I need a SSL? I am not touching any sensitive information, Unless we call name and address Sensitive.

 

I know that the SSL Certificate LOGO provides a bit a piece of mind to many people.

 

I am in a Shared Host.

 

Do I need a Dedicated SSL, thus a dedicated static IP?

 

Or is a Shared SSL good enough?

 

Is SSL expensive?

 

Am not even sure what a shared SSL is.. lol

 

This is my First Stop on my way to learning a bit more about SSL

[newseed]

 

Do I need a SSL? I am not touching any sensitive information, Unless we call name and address Sensitive. (YES! I would not add any personal info to any site unless they have SSL)

 

I know that the SSL Certificate LOGO provides a bit a piece of mind to many people. (A SSL logo is not enough. You need at least a 256 bit encryption.)

 

Do I need a Dedicated SSL, thus a dedicated static IP? (Yes)

 

Or is a Shared SSL good enough? (If you are going to handle tons of info and products along with traffic, I would suggest a dedicated server)

 

Is SSL expensive? (It varies depending what you use. I use Comodo SSL)

 

Am not even sure what a shared SSL is.. lol (Personally, I avoid shared SSL but that doesn't mean they are ineffective.)

Edited January 24, 2009 by newseed

[rudyten2000]

I get Zero Traffic...lol

 

So maybe I should go with shared...if ever the sites starts to get traffic I can opt-in for a dedicated server