Thawte is one of the oldest CA brands in the industry (founded 1995 in South Africa, acquired through VeriSign → Symantec → DigiCert). The Thawte trust seal is recognised in business-to-business contexts as a long-standing mark of identity verification, particularly for international e-commerce and SaaS where buyer trust signals carry weight.
Domain Validation (DV) — fastest path to HTTPS
The CA verifies only that you control the domain (via DNS TXT, file upload, or email challenge). No business identity verification, no organisational documents required. Issuance is fully automated and typically completes in minutes.
DV certificates encrypt traffic identically to OV/EV certs and trigger the padlock icon in every browser. The difference is the level of information published in the certificate's Subject field: DV shows only the domain name, not company name or registered address.
Pick DV when: you need HTTPS for personal sites, dev/staging environments, SaaS apps where users authenticate before seeing data, API endpoints, internal tools, or any case where the padlock is the trust signal that matters and an organisation seal is not required.
Multi-Domain (SAN) coverage
Secures multiple distinct domains under a single certificate using the SubjectAltName (SAN) extension — for example example.com + example.net + app.example.io + partner-portal.com all share one cert and one private key.
Typically includes 1 base domain + 2 additional SANs in the entry tier, with additional SAN slots available as paid add-ons up to the per-certificate maximum. Useful when you operate several related sites and want to consolidate renewal management and reduce the number of certificate files your servers need to deploy.
Certificate details
- Annual price — $245.18 USD
- Warranty — $500k (insurance coverage backed by the CA in case of misissuance)
- Issuance time — minutes (automated)
- Domains covered — up to 250
- Validity — 1 year (annual renewal)
- Reissue — free unlimited reissues during the validity period
- Refund — 30-day money-back guarantee on most certificate types
