A dedicated IP address is a unique numeric identifier on the Internet which is given to a device or a website. Shared web hosting servers usually have numerous websites under the very same IP, while dedicated ones use their own IPs which are not shared with anybody else. Even if you use a common shared account, however, it is possible to purchase a dedicated IP address that will be used only by your sites - one or a few. As this can contribute to the speed of awebsite, it is more likely that the site will get superior search engine result rankings. Certainly, this isn't the sole factor, but it can help you get more site visitors and potential customers. The dedicated IP is also required when you intend to encrypt the info exchanged between a website and its visitors with an SSL certificate.

Dedicated IP Address in Shared Hosting

With a shared hosting account on our cloud platform, you'll be able to buy a dedicated IP address and assign it to any domain or subdomain with a couple of clicks regardless of where your account is - in the US, the UK or Australia. This is done from the Hosted Domains part of our intuitive and user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel where you can also monitor what IPs are available, what are in use and what sites they are assigned to. If you would like to use an SSL certificate so as to protect the information of your visitors and you get it through us, our system can assign a dedicated IP and install the SSL for you, so you will not need to do anything manually on your end. In the meantime, you can still have a site in a subdomain as an addition to the main one under a shared IP address - a community forum where users can share their opinion about your services, for instance.

Dedicated IP Address in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you obtain a semi-dedicated server account through us, you have the opportunity to get as many dedicated IPs as you'd like depending on your preferences. It takes a few clicks inside the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel to order a new IP and several more to assign it to a domain or a subdomain. The entire process is very simple and your site will start opening from the new IP address in no time. Hepsia will allow you to see all of the IPs that you will be able to use, both shared & dedicated, and which of the latter are free or taken. If you'd like to use an SSL certificate on any of your websites and you need a dedicated IP for it, you can take full advantage of our SSL order wizard, that can assign a new IP and set up the certificate once you upload your order, so you do not have to customize anything in your semi-dedicated website hosting account by yourself.

Dedicated IP Address in VPS Servers

In case you buy a VPS server from our company, you'll be given a dedicated IP address by default and an additional one when you get a hosting Control Panel (Hepsia, cPanel, DirectAdmin). You are able to use the IPs for any kind of purpose - an Internet site, some web application such as a VOIP server, even for private name servers that you'll be able to use to point to your VPS any domain name that you intend to host. Additionally, you can add more dedicated IPs to your VPS account when you need them. This can be done through the billing Control Panel that you'll acquire to control renewals, upgrades and domain name registrations and it takes no more than a couple of clicks. Soon after you submit your order, the additional IP addresses will be at your disposal, so you're able to use them the way you like.

Dedicated IP Address in Dedicated Servers

Since our Linux dedicated servers feature 3 dedicated IP addresses as part of the plans by default, we will give you a head start if you'd like to run any application which needs such an IP. We provide them cost-free and you can use them for as long as you use the server for anything you would like - child name servers for any domain name that you host, an SSL certificate for any site on the server, a software server (games, VOIP), and so on. Through the Upgrades menu in the billing Control Panel that you'll obtain to organize renewals, service upgrades and domain registrations, you can also purchase more dedicated IPs in sets of three at any moment. They'll be assigned to your server within a few minutes, so that you can start using them for your sites and web-based apps right away.