Here’s why your vet clinic’s website needs an SSL certificate now

Google Chrome marks all websites without an SSL certificate as unsecured. Users are warned when visiting your website or attempting to complete forms on your website. 

An SSL certificate is something you add to your website to ensure a few things, including:

• Encrypts, or scrambles, any data that is entered into your site. (credit card data, contact information, messages, etc).
• Establishing a secure connection between an internet user (pet owner) and the website.

Why is this so important?

As a responsible and trustworthy business, you always want to protect the information of any pet owner. If someone is booking an appointment or refilling a prescription, you want their information to be secure to show you value them as a client.

How do you know if your site has an SSL certificate to make it secure?

All PetDesk websites come with an SSL certificate included, so there’s nothing to worry about if you already have one of our custom veterinary websites.

If you don’t have a PetDesk site and want to check your security:

1. Look for “https” or a green padlock when you’re viewing your site. Here’s an example:

2. Go to WhyNoPadlock.com and enter your URL
3. Schedule a PetDesk demo so we can check this out together, and talk about getting you a website that just includes SSL security to begin with!

Get a site that is secure for your clients (and won’t scare them off!)

You can get an SSL certificate through your current provider, but PetDesk Websites will equip you with a full custom website design that’s backed by SSL security, dedicated hosting, logo re-design, and so much more. Reach out to our team today!