TL;DR - Don't blow money on an unproven site/idea. Go with the cheapest option, until you know your company is going to make money, then think about upgrading (

TL;DR - Don't blow money on an unproven site/idea. Go with the cheapest option, until you know your company is going to make money, then think about upgrading (if needed). Get a PositiveSSL cert from Namecheap for $11/year [1]. In terms of security, they are equivalent. You are buying the "extended validation" package for an inflated cost, meaning that they contact you to verify you are actually a company, that's it (plus insurance stuff that you will never use). This can be an extreme hassle if you need to renew an SSL cert in a hurry, like it expired without you knowing, now you need to jump through tons of hoops (paper work, faxing, phone calls, etc). Your end users will not notice this, security is the same, so I would suggest going with a cheaper domain validation option. You can get wildcard domains (*.example.com) for around $110 [1], but the cheapest option, will cover your apex domain (example.com), and www (www.example.com). [1] https://www.namecheap.com/security/ssl-certificates/domain-validation.aspx https://www.namecheap.com/security/ssl-certificates/domain-v...