Organization Validation (OV) SSL Certificate

Boost your credibility. Confirm your authenticity

Ideal for businesses and organizations that process customer data.
Higher validation helps build trust in your business.
Show customers your organization is vetted and legitimate.
Get expert support.

With a 3-yr term (20% savings)

$186.99

$149.59

/yr

You pay $448.77 today. Renews at $560.97.⁴

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Every GoDaddy OV SSL Certificate includes.

Better Google search rankings.

Show up higher in search results when you have an SSL certificate.

Powerful, Industry-standard encryption.

As in, strong SHA-2 and 2048-bit end-to-end encryption.

Proven industry experience.

For over 20 years, we’ve empowered over 20 million customers in over 180 countries.

GoDaddy verified Trust Seal.

Show website visitors you're helping to protect their data by displaying the Trust Seal.

30-day, money-back guarantee¹

No-stress purchase. We’d rather you find the plan that works best for you.

Safe mobile + online payments.

SSL is the industry-standard for secure online payment options.

Choose your GoDaddy SSL Certificate, here's why.

SSL certificates help secure customers’ important data.

End-to-end encryption from website-to-server.

Increase confidence in your brand and improve SEO ranking.

Highest protection standards in PCI-DSS, HIPAA, HITECH, GDPR.

Eliminate “Not Secure” warning in browser bar.

GoDaddy OV SSL Certificate Frequently asked questions.

What is an Organization Validation (OV) SSL Certificate?

Organization Validation (OV) SSL Certificates assure visitors that they're on a website run by a legitimate business. Before we grant an OV Certificate, a member of our security staff verifies that the business listed on the application:

Exists under that name
Is at the address listed
Owns the domain name

We also contact the business to confirm that the owners actually requested the SSL Certificate. Our manual verification makes it highly unlikely that a thief or phisher could ever get an OV Certificate.

What does an OV SSL Certificate look like?

Any website protected by an OV SSL Certificate will display a trust indicator and an HTTPS prefix in the visitor's browser bar. It's reassuring to those who know to look for it before sharing private details online. These signs confirm that they're on an encrypted site and their data is safe.

What are the advantages of an OV SSL for your business?

An OV Certificate is manually vetted and is therefore unlikely to be awarded to a thief or hacker. Domain Validation (DV) Certificates don't provide this level of assurance, since the verification process is automated.

What's the difference between Organization Validation (OV), Extended Validation (EV) and Domain Validation (DV) Certificates?

Domain Validation (DV) Certificates are easiest of all the certificates to get. There's no manual identity check, only an automated verification that the applicant owns the domain behind the website. If you have a personal website or blog, a DV SSL Certificate is fine for you.

Organization Validation (OV) Certificates take security up a level and require human verification of the organization’s identity. The same is true for Extended Validation (EV) Certificates, which verify not just domain ownership but business identity, legal status and address. The vetting process for the EV cert is more in-depth than any of the other Certificates, so EV SSL Certificates give customers more confidence.

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Why GoDaddy SSL Certificates?

We offer a complete range of certificates that comply with CA/Browser Forum guidelines. All our certificates feature:

SHA-2 hash algorithm and 2048-bit encryption
Outstanding security support