Press Release

GlobalSign’s SSL Partner Program Opens Up New Revenue Streams

GlobalSign's Partner Program presents significant financial opportunities to
companies of all types and sizes

London, UK – 16 July, 2008 – GlobalSign Ltd (www.globalsign.co.uk), the SSL Certificate secure server specialist, has today revealed the significant revenue opportunities for partners who expand their core business lines with GlobalSign security products. Companies such as Web Hosts, ISPs, Domain Registrars and VARs have the perfect opportunity to gain additional revenue from their customer base by reselling SSL Certificates - a fundamental requirement for sites conducting online commerce or capturing customer data.

Since launching the SSL Partner Program last year, GlobalSign has seen a continuous rise in the number of new partners joining.  Offering the most highly featured SSL product with extensive technical, marketing and sales resources, makes GlobalSign’s SSL reseller program one of the most advanced SSL reseller programs currently available.

To be a successful reseller, there must be demand for the product and the partner must be able to easily sell it.  GlobalSign’s feature packed and simplified SSL product range easily meets these requirements.  For example, unlike competing SSL products, all GlobalSign SSL Certificates come with enhanced SGC security (provided free of charge) to ensure minimal encryption strengths of at least 128 bit and up to 256 bit. GlobalSign SSL products are also neatly arranged into three groups, categorized by the differing vetting processes – Domain Validation, Organization Validation and Extended Validation (also known as EV SSL).  This user-friendly grouping makes GlobalSign SSL easy to understand, and more importantly, easy to sell.

High margins are needed for the partner to generate high profits.  GlobalSign offers high revenue per SSL Certificate sold (SRP £99) where average resellers make £24 with no commitment.  Even higher margins are available on bulk purchase plans - starting at only 5 Certificates.

 “We do not just offer exceptional margins for such a high value product,” said Steve Waite, Marketing Director, GlobalSign, “We also offer easy integration and all the business campaign resources to make sure partners have the fastest market launch and ROI possible.  We make sure minimal time and effort is needed to add SSL to their portfolios and we recommend companies of all sizes speak to us today about how we can help them leverage the SSL revenue opportunity.”

For more information about GlobalSign’s SSL Reseller Program and the associated financial opportunities please visit http://www.globalsign.co.uk/partners/reseller/index.htm.

For companies wishing to refer customers to GlobalSign and gain 15% cash back from online referrals, please visit the zero-integration SSL Referral Program homepage at http://www.globalsign.co.uk/partners/ssl-affiliates/index.htm.

To talk to us about Partnership opportunities contact sales@globalsign.com or call US 1-877-SSLGLOBAL, UK +44 1622 766766, Europe +32 16 891900 or drop by Booth #422 at HostingCon 2008, Chicago, July 29-30.

Free White Paper:                                          
Reselling SSL Certificates - Financial Opportunity White Paper - http://www.globalsign.com/resources/Reseller_Financial_Opp_US_v1.0.pdf

About GlobalSign
Established in 1996 and as a WebTrust accredited public certificate authority, GlobalSign offers publicly trusted SSL, including SSL Certificates, EV SSL, managed SSL services, S/MIME and Code Signing Certificates for use on all platforms including mobile devices. Its Trusted Root solution uses the widely embedded GlobalSign Root CA certificates to provide immediate PKI trust for Microsoft CA and enterprise CAs, eliminating the costs of using untrusted Root Certificates. Its partnership with Adobe to provide Certified Document Services (CDS) enables secure digitally signed PDF documents, certified transcripts and e-invoices.  These core Digital Certificate solutions allow its thousands of authenticated customers to conduct secure online transactions, data transfer, distribution of tamper-proof code, and protection of online identities for secure email and access control.  The company has a history of innovation within the online security industry and has offices in the US, UK, Belgium, Japan, and China. 

GMO Internet Group
GMO Internet Group, headquartered in Japan, is a leading force in the Internet industry offering one of the most comprehensive ranges of Internet services worldwide. The group holds top domestic market share in domain registration, web hosting, and payment processing and provides a host of other Internet services including global online security services, e-commerce solutions, and Internet advertising to both businesses and individuals. At the centre of the group is GMO Internet, Inc. a company listed on the prestigious first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE: 9449). Please visit www.gmo.jp/en for further details.

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