An IP address is a unique number which identifies a website or a server on the world-wide web, so in the event that you have a dedicated IP, it will be used just by your websites and won't be shared with others as it happens with shared website hosting accounts. In case you have your own web server, you shall have a dedicated IP, but you may need extra ones for many different purposes. If you have an online store, for instance, you'll need an SSL certificate for it, so as to make sure that the payment information your clients submit shall be encrypted and secure. The same is valid if you have a login form of some kind and you want the usernames and the passwords that visitors enter to be protected. The SSL certificate requires a dedicated IP address, which has to be different from the one that you already have on the hosting server. You could also need an independent IP for an application such as a VoIP server, or if you need a slightly better efficiency for a particular website, which may affect its position in search engine results.
Extra Dedicated IPs in Dedicated Web Hosting
Each dedicated server we offer features three dedicated IP addresses supplied totally free on top of the monthly fee for the package deal. We also offer the chance to add more IPs to your hosting server both when you sign up and at a later time via your billing CP, so you may order the IPs whenever you require them with no restriction on the number or on how frequently you get them. They can be purchased in groups of 3 and will be assigned to your server right away. You could renew them with the hosting plan and you can decide if you'll renew all of them, or a smaller number - if you no longer need the rest. Each dedicated IP address allotted to your hosting server may be used for any purpose: for a personal site, for a software hosting server, or for a hosting customer - in case you have decided to launch your own Internet hosting enterprise and you are reselling accounts to other people.