Shared IPs:
Every domain name has an IP address assigned to it. An IP address is the real address of a web site or server. Domain names were developed because it is difficult to remember IP numbers like 67.225.141.145.
In shared hosting we host many web sites on one server. Instead of having a unique IP address for every domain, you share one IP address with all of the accounts on your server. The downside to shared IP's is that some countries, like China, censure particular web sites by their IP address. If a web site they censure is on the same server as yours, and China blocks that web site using the shared IP address, then your web site and the hundreds of others on that server are also blocked.
Email:
Email will not be affected by obtaining a dedicated IP address. All email, including forwarded email, is sent out through our mail proxy servers. Obtaining a dedicated IP address will not prevent your emails from being marked as SPAM, having an ISP block the IP of the mail proxy server, or pass a reverse DNS test for places such as AOL. People sometimes are under the wrong impression that these things will change by obtaining a dedicated IP address. They won't change.
Dedicated IP's:
By Purchasing a Dedicated IP your site is the only one on the Internet that will be using that unique IP address. For example, if you typed http://67.225.141.145/ into your web browsers address bar you would see our web site. This is our unique address on the web that has been attached to the domain name scarletsweb.com
Program/Script Requirements:
The program or script you run on your site may require a process to run longer than 5 minutes. On a shared IP address, the process will terminate at the 5 minute mark. With a dedicated IP address, processes are allowed to run for more than 5 minutes as long as they aren't consuming too much of the server's memory, which would result in a CPU throttling. CPU throttling can occur both on a shared and a dedicated IP address. Certain voice chat programs require a dedicated IP address before they can be setup and used. If you have a program that sends out emails every so many seconds, such as from a mailing list program like DaDa Mail, then you would need to get a dedicated IP address, if it's going to take more than 5 minutes to send out the emails..
Alternative Options:
There are two ways you can get around purchasing a Dedicated IP & Private SSL.
- The first is by using a PayPal shopping cart or an alternative shopping cart that is hosted by another company off of your site. Your main site would still be hosted with us. Most businesses and customers don't like the idea of sending or being sent to a new web site address to complete transactions.
- The second is by using the Scarlet's Web Shared SSL. This is a free SSL. The Shared SSL carries all the same levels of encryption and security that a Private SSL carries but there is a big difference. To use your SSL certificate you would point your hyperlinks that you want to be secure to https://rona.scarletsweb.com/~yourusername. When your customers look at the URL or examine the validity of the Shared Certificate they will see that it belongs to Scarlet's Web instead of to your specific site. Some customers may be leery of this. For the sake of professionalism, it's best to purchase a Private SSL.
Note: You cannot use the shared SSL Certificate if you have purchased a dedicated IP, only when you are on the shared IP.
If you would like to purchase a Dedicated IP or a Private SSL Certificate please log into the client area and place an order.
