很多情况下，我们都需要购买Bluehost的独立ip，这样做还是有不少好处的。

购买独立IP的流程如下：

（1）向 verification@bluehost.com 提交你的个人身份证明：驾照或者护照的扫描件，验证你在Bluehost的账户。身份证扫描件其实也可以，不过bluehost的回复邮件中没有提。同时不要忘记扫描件中要有你在bluehost登陆用的主域名。

（2）验证通过之后就可以通过cpanel的 [Dedicated IP] 标签页进行购买了。

假设没有验证就购买的话，会在付费之前的页面提示：Please verify your account by calling our verifications department at (888) 401-4678, option 4 before continuing.

不用理会这个提示，步骤一就可以做到verify your account，没有必要去打这个米国电话。

参考懒猪之家申请IP的ticket写了一个验证账户的ticket：

Hello bluehost:

I want to buy a Dedicated IP, when I want to pay, there is “Please verify your account by calling our verifications department at (888) 401-4678, option 4 before continuing.” on the website,the customer service told me that ,In order to verify my account i will need to submit a scanned copy of my government issue ID card that can be a passport, drivers license, or an ID card.
By the way,i am from China ,I have attached my id card,my account is “10001km.com”.
thank you!

同时在附件中附上身份证的扫描件。

bluehost对于碰到 [Please verify your account by calling our verifications department at (888) 401-4678, option 4 before continuing.] 提示进行解释的邮件：

Your account has not yet been verified, which limits access to your account. To verify, please provide us with an email or fax of the account holder’s government-issued photo identification (such as a driver’s license or passport). Please include your main domain name along with your ID.

You can do ONE of the following:
1) Upload the image to your account and provide us a link to that file.
2) Reply to this email with the attachments.
3) Send the attachment to verification@bluehost.com.
4) Fax the documents to 801-765-1992 ATTN: Verification.
Make sure to include your main domain name on all documents.

SSL证书可以保证网站访问者的资料将安全地传送到您的网站，所以，对于网站收集信息绝对是非常重要的，BlueHost建 议使用使用独立的SSL证书，以防止你的网站在收集客户信息的时候被黑客拦截，BlueHost主机的SSL证书128bit加密防止黑客，如果你的网站 支持信用卡支付，那么，SSL绝对是你的必要选择，有了SSL的安全保证，你才能放心的进行网上交易，SSL证书的购买方法如下：

1、登录bluehost主机的帐户管理页面https://www.bluehost.com/cgi/account，在bluehost主机的帐户管理页面，点击SSL-Certificate链接，进入SSL-Certificate购买页面，在当前页面点击“Order SSL Certificate”按钮进入购买页面。

2、系统自动转到了cart页面，在“Itemes To Be Purchased”版块里选择购买的年限，然后在CUstomer Information里选择付款的方式，确认，客户支付信息，在随后出现的支付页面里进行确认购买即可。

当然，购买SSL证书时，你必须要有独立的IP，这样才能安装SSL证书。