SSL Certificate Validation Procedures

Validation procedures are strict because we want to protect your business as well as your customers. Our main motto is to verify that each certificate is issued only to those who have proven their identity.

Domain Validation

The first step in the validation process requires that we verify your control of your domain name. We do this by first querying your publicly available WHOIS information for your domain name. We compare that data to the data on your CSR. If it matches exactly, your certificate passes this validation step and moves on.

Just in case, if your CSR does not match your WHOIS data or if your registrar's WHOIS server is unavailable, we will ask for additional measures.

Organization Validation 

The organization validation requires few steps before it gets the green signal and hence it does take some time for the issuance. We may need additional help from you.

During the organization validation process, we will try to verify your business in various databases. In case we may contact any verified third party to give a feedback on the existence and validity of your business.

In the event that we are unable to find your company information, or if your company information doesn't match the data on your CSR, we will ask you for documentation. We can accept almost any type of third-party verifiable documentation.

We can accept the following types of documentation :

• Articles Of Incorporation (must include State officer seal)
• Fictitious Name / Doing Business As Document
• Business Licensing (state/city licensing, right to use tax permit)
• Bank Statement (must be printed, not from online sources)
• Merchant Account Statement (must be printed)
• Utility/Telephone Bills.

Extended Validation

The extended validation requires few steps before it gets the green signal and hence it does take some time for the issuance. We may need additional help from you.

During the validation process, we will try to verify your business in various databases. In case we may contact any verified third party to give a feedback on the existence and validity of your business.

In the event that we are unable to find your company information, or if your company information doesn't match the data on your CSR, we will ask you for documentation. We can accept almost any type of third-party verifiable documentation.

We can accept the following types of documentation :

• Articles Of Incorporation (must include State officer seal)
• Fictitious Name / Doing Business As Document
• Business Licensing (state/city licensing, right to use tax permit)
• Bank Statement (must be printed, not from online sources)
• Merchant Account Statement (must be printed)
• Utility/Telephone Bills.