Symantec has announced a price hike on all SSL Certificates for the Japan Region
Symantec® has recently announced that they are increasing the price of their SSL certificates for Japan Domains. As a result, all Japan customers will now have to pay more to secure their website using Symantec® SSL certificates. Symantec® also owns the brands GeoTrust®, RapidSSL®, and Thawte®, so their certificates will be affected as well.
Why is Symantec® raising their SSL prices?
Symantec® says the reason that they are hiking their SSL prices in Japan is to align their brands with the premium offerings in that region. Symantec believes that they can place a premium on their solutions because they are the best in the world.
Symantec’s SSL prices will be affected for…
- Any customer whose location is in Japan (Address)
- Any customer whose domains ends with ‘.jp’
- Any customer whose website that is hosted in Japan.
CheapSSLSecurity is required to comply with this decision from Symantec®. So we have to align our pricing as well for both SSL certificates and code signing certificates. Symantec® has confirmed that the price will be a bit higher but the customer will still get full satisfaction by improved security and support systems.
How we deal with Symantec® customers in Japan
As per the new price, our automated system will identify Japan customers which are affected for price change (based on the above-mentioned conditions) and we will surcharge them a specific amount based on their order and the new price.
If your business is located in Japan and you have any questions about the new Symantec® SSL certificate prices or any other query, please feel free to contact us at [email protected].
