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VMC Certificate at $780/Year — Big December Price Drop at SSL2BUY
Just sharing a useful deal for anyone working on BIMI / DMARC implementation or planning Verified Mark Certificates soon.
SSL2BUY is now offering BIMI Certificates at $780/year.
For context, DigiCert VMC is $1499+, so this is a pretty big gap if you’re handling multiple sending domains or managing branding at scale.
This includes:
- Verified logo + Gmail blue check
- BIMI-compliant SVG logo support
- DMARC enforcement guidance
- 24/7 Human assistance
- 30-Day money-back option
It works the same way - verified logo display, BIMI compliance, trademark validation, and inbox trust improvements - but at a much more reasonable cost.
If you’ve been waiting for a good price window, this might be worth looking at.
https://www.ssl2buy.com/
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So you're buying the blue checkmark in gmail just like you bought a green browser bar years ago? Sorry if I understood this wrong.
What value does it really ads for me ?
I don't think blue checkmark adds anything for me
yeah pretty much
Sir, this is LowEndTalk. Any $7 deals ?
i keep trying to understand.. how is this better than free certbot? of course that DMARC is a bit complex for a noob to setup, but it's still doable.. really not seeing a point to buying SSL for that much..
same... why would LOW END community pay for this?
i mean 7 bucks, sure would save me some time.... but 780 a YEAR? lol no
I feel like a lot of these SSL salespeople are sort of the same as paper salespeople back in the day. No one really cares anymore, and certbot/etc is fine for 99.99% of users.
Pretty much, you get to have your logo in the lil picture too, lol.
I've set this up for a few clients, for them they feel it's worth it (like they felt EV was back in the day).
Hahaha, this is a good analogy. I've worked with that 0.01% and most of those are reluctant buyers now. Either some nonsense regulation/standard they have to adhere to or their cyber insurance requires the warranty with a "proper" SSL.
There are a handful using applications that can't support a modern SSL lifecycle system, they are going to be in for a nasty shock though once max issuance times hits 90 days.
even domain places like Porkbun will auto-procure you an SSL for free from LetsEncrypt, right, and will renew it for you.. I mean, I have nothing against someone trying to make a buck, but maybe this is not the best place for it.. well, it gets into google search, so maybe somehow someone somewhere will see it and get it..
PS. sorry if i offended, no harm intended, just trying to understand
This isn't really a traditional SSL certificate.
BIMI certificates are basically just to show your branding in email clients. You get a checkmark and your logo shows up (on supported clients).
Is this worth 1,5k? Probably not for any reasonable person.
But for any big public company this is nothing, and the checkmark/logo helps to get a little more attention to your spam mails between all the other spam mails.
Not exactly. You don’t “buy” the blue checkmark. Gmail only shows it if the domain already has DMARC at enforcement and the logo is trademark-verified.
The VMC just handles that logo verification part so the inbox knows it’s really your brand.
It’s more of an identity layer for BIMI than anything visual you pay to unlock.
Fair point. The blue checkmark alone isn’t a big deal for everyone. The value usually shows up when you’re sending branded or customer-facing emails and want your logo to display consistently across inboxes.
Some teams use it to keep their branding consistent and cut down on spoofing look-alikes, especially when they manage multiple domains.
Hey, totally get why it looks confusing, but VMCs aren’t related to Certbot or SSL/TLS at all. They’re part of the BIMI process for email branding, where the goal is to show a verified brand logo in inboxes. Completely different ecosystem, requirements, and purpose from HTTPS, so Certbot doesn’t come into the picture.
Yeah, DMARC can be a bit tricky, as you said, but it’s definitely doable. When I set it up with the VMC, having support from SSL2Buy made the process much smoother than I expected, and I was able to get everything verified and the logo showing in inboxes without any issues. Honestly, once you get past the initial setup, it’s pretty straightforward.