Added: 02/21/2012 | Updated: 8 Years Ago
Question Should I get a security certification for my site?
Answer
If you will be accepting payments with First Data or Authorize.net, then yes we advise getting an SSL certificate, and you very likely could be required to get one anyways.
If not using either of those payment processors for this software, then it is not required but still can be beneficial. There are other benefits of having SSL such as a slight SEO boost with Google and a more secure members area. Between the certificate and installation fees it costs over $50-100/yr to have SSL.