What happens after I purchase an SSL Certificate?
After you purchase the SSL Certificate from Acmetek it takes 10-15 mins to activate the request. Activation of an SSL depends on the type of certificate you have purchased.
For all Domain Validated (DV) SSL Certificate it takes about 10-15 minutes to activate and issue the certificate to use on your website.
For all Organization Validated (OV) SSL Certificate it takes about 2-3 business days to activate and issue the certificate to use on your website. However you can pre-authenticate with Acmetek Ready Issuance feature. If you choose the ready issuance feature which is free of charge for all Acmetek Customers, where your organization details are collected at the time of quoting and our Authentication team in the background finishes the check and keeps it ready while your finance department approves the budgets. When time to place your actual certificate your authentication is ready which speeds up the process and your certificate is issued immediately.
For all Extended Validated (EV) SSL Certificate it takes about 5-7 business days and at times up to 10 days to activate and issue the certificate to use on your website. All the EV SSL Certs go through an extended and a rigorous authentication checks to maintain the CA/B forum guidelines (Guidelines for Extended Validation).
However you can pre-authenticate with Acmetek Ready Issuance feature. If you choose the ready issuance feature which is free of charge for all Acmetek Customers, where your organization details are collected at the time of quoting and our Authentication team in the background finishes the check and keeps it ready while your finance department approves the budgets. When time to place your actual certificate your authentication is ready which speeds up the process and your certificate is issued immediately.
We’ll verify your request and keep in touch with you throughout the process. When the SSL Certificate is issued, we’ll send you an email with details for completing installation, making your server a secure server. Our Post Sales Support is for lifetime of the certificate, so you can have peace of mind when purchasing your SSL from Acmetek.