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The SiteGround web hosting services are unique, because we not only host your website, but grant you the means for creating and managing your web projects. This is why starting your website with SiteGround and achievieng your goals is very easy!

Extra Features

Extra Features

SiteGround offers plenty of affordable extra features to enhance your web hosting packages. You can easily order an extra feature from your Customer Area.

In this section you will learn about:

How to order an extra feature?

To order an extra feature you need to login to the Customer Area and then continue to the [Order Extras] button.You will see a list of different extra features that could be added to your account. To proceed with the order, click on the extra feature you have chosen.

Order Extras

What extra features can be added to your hosting account?

SiteGround provides you with a list of all kinds of extra features you can add to your account. Below you can learn more about each one of them.

  • Domain ID Protect

    Domain ID Protect is a feature that makes the contact information related with your domain name private. In other words, you would be able to hide your name and organization, contact address, phone, email address, etc, which will be otherwise accessible trough public Domain Whois services. Learn more about the Domain ID Protect service.

  • Addon Domain Slot

    The addon domain functionality allows you to host more than one website on your hosting account. In other words, you can have domain1.com and domain2.com pointing to different website content hosted on one account and sharing its resources. Read more about the addon domain slot.

  • Private SSL

    The SSL certificate is used for secure communication via the Internet. With it you can transfer important data like e.g. credit card information from one computer to another securely. SiteGround provides two types of SSL certificates: Shared SSL certificate, available for free for you and the other people hosted on the same server, and Private SSL certificate, issued exclusively for your website. Learn more about the private SSL feature.

  • Dedicated IP

    All accounts hosted on a shared server use the IP address of this server. Such IP address is called a shared IP address as it is used by all accounts located on the server. If you want to have an IP address issued only for your account, you would need a dedicated IP address.

  • Upgrade to VPS

    If your website needs more resources than a shared hosting account can provide, or you would like to run an application not suitable for shared hosting, or you simply want a dedicated solution you can easily upgrade to VPS.

  • Upgrade to dedicated server

    If you would like to host unlimited number of websites, or you would like to have your website hosted standalone on a server, or you need a more powerful solution than a VPS, you can easily upgrade to dedicated server.

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