The short answer is “yes” Free SSL certificates are available from GoDaddy, but only for the first year. After that, you will have to pay an annual fee to renew your certificate. All GoDaddy hosting plans, including shared hosting, VPS hosting, and dedicated servers, come with a free SSL certificate.
You must to buy an SSL certificate from GoDaddy’s website in order to enable one in GoDaddy. After you have paid for the certificate, you must use your hosting account to create a CSR (Certificate Signing Request). GoDaddy will then issue and install the SSL certificate for you after receiving the CSR.
Utilizing LetsEncrypt requires a somewhat different procedure. You must renew LetsEncrypt certificates every 90 days because their validity period is only 90 days. You can utilize the auto-renewal feature included in most hosting control panels to renew your LetsEncrypt certificate.
Another free SSL certificate supplier is ZeroSSL, and their certificates are free indefinitely. You must first register for a ZeroSSL account and generate a CSR in order to obtain a certificate from them. The CSR can be used to create a free SSL certificate once you have it.
SSL certificates that have expired are problematic because they can make your website open to assaults. The encryption between your website and its visitors is no longer secure when a certificate expires. This gives hackers the chance to steal private data like credit card numbers and login credentials. To maintain the security of your website and the information of your visitors, it is critical to renew your SSL certificate before it expires.
Finally, GoDaddy does provide a free SSL certificate for the first year, and there are further cost-free solutions like LetsEncrypt and ZeroSSL. You must buy a certificate and create a CSR in order to enable an SSL certificate in GoDaddy. The auto-renewal option of LetsEncrypt makes it simple to renew your SSL certificate before it expires, which is necessary to protect the privacy of your website’s users and their personal information.