Trustico® Online Limited Reviews 50

TrustScore 4 out of 5

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

As long as you have a standard host with a standard configuration, you should have no worries. Good value for money, smooth, hassle free sign up and payment process. But God help you if you you... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ordered a Rapid SSL certificate, having verified the domain the certificate was delivered via email within a few minutes. I had it up and running on the server within half an hour of my starting t... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

When I recently ordered a Geotrust SSL - I got an email saying that I could upgrade to Verisign and all the reasons I should. I found this really confusing (for a mere no techie mortal) - for the f... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I paid Trustico over £330 for a certificate. Then it turned out that they had introduced new verification requirements since I last bought a certificate from them. They wouldn't issue a certificat... See more

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  1. Security equipment

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Founded in 2006, unlike others, Trustico® does not carry baggage of being born out of a hosting or domain name company. A dedicated SSL Certificate provider, its aim is to revolutionise the market by being a one-stop shop for your online security needs at sensible prices. With a highly trained team offering 24/7 advice on how to buy an SSL Certificate fit for purpose, Trustico® issues within minutes and its ordering system is the first of its kind - even offering an SSL installation service.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I paid Trustico over £330 for a…

I paid Trustico over £330 for a certificate. Then it turned out that they had introduced new verification requirements since I last bought a certificate from them. They wouldn't issue a certificate, and they also refused to refund my money. Fortunately other SSL providers with a better reputation were willing to figure something out for me that worked.

I've never been treated like this by any other company.

Scam artists, in my opinion. Do not trust them, and do not use their services. I do not regard them as a legitimate company.

27 January 2019
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They may have Trust in their name but you can't trust them at all

I was affected by their releasing of private keys forcing revocation of many ssl certificates. It turned out mine wasn't actually affected but they caused so much confusion that I had no alternative but to get the certificate re-issued. They cannot be trusted as they shouldn't be storing private keys let alone releasing them through the internet. Personally I wouldn't give them 1 star.

23 June 2018
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Breaking the chain.

This company is breaking the Chain of Trust for certificates.
It should be banned.
If you use it, you risk your site authentication. And when its rights are revoked, your site will stop working.
They are just cheap resellers.
Do not use them.
Jon.

1 March 2018
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Reply from Trustico® Online Limited

Hi Jon, we actually pride ourselves on offering a service that provides trusted SSL Certificates. You make an interesting point, how do you think we feel about the ”chain of trust” that has been destroyed in Google Chrome? There’s always more to the story.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A+ Provider

I ordered my Comodo certificate for my online store very easily and it's all working perfectly.

25 March 2017
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Thanks

Easy to order, nice to deal with. Would of been better if I could pay using Diners Club, but I used American Express instead.

20 March 2017
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great Experience!

The certificate I ordered was delivered straight away to my email and the process was quite easy. Phone support was good too.

20 March 2017
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don't trust in trustico - Never order certs at Trustico

Certs of trustico (RapidSSL) is just a "customer fishing" product. Certs don't work on any mobile phone client, nevertheless trustico promises to have them working on 99.9% of worldwide clients.

When it comes to guaranteed money back guarantee, trustico just tries to sell more expensive certs and isn't paying back any money. If you ask back for money refund there is just no answer anymore of trustico. It was a blind-date with trustico that I am just trying to forget. Don't trust in trustico.

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Addendum to your response: On May 31, 2016 your staff wrote to me in response to my bad experience with mobile devices: "The RapidSSL certificates will work with 99.9% of Browsers, however they will not work with all mobile devices, as stated on our website". Unfortunately this information is not stated on your website as far as I could see. Besides this, it's not nice to promise full money back guarantee for any kind of reason and then just don't answer again when it comes down to it. I'm sorry for you, but you may now comprehend bad rating.

20 July 2016
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Reply from Trustico® Online Limited

Rudi,

If you install the SSL Certificate correctly it will work perfectly with mobile devices and every single server that supports the use of an SSL Certificate. Be sure to follow the instructions on or site and also your server installation instructions then you'll be right to go. The 1 star review clearly reflects your ability to install the certificate correctly and it's unfortunate that you've passed that blame on us.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Customer service was horrendous

On their website, they say you can get a money back guarantee within 7 days of purchase. What a sham. I accidentally ordered a trust seal and cancelled the order on their website and via phone within 1 hour of the order. Even though it wasn't issued, they never cancelled the order.

When I followed up again with Trustico, they claim I never had the conversation (they didn't see the cancellation request in notes). Because I didn't have the proof in e-mail format, they wouldn't budge. The customer service rep, was antagonistic and actually rude to me. I ended up telling him that I would dispute the charge with my credit card company which I did. They said they would fight me (even though the trust seal was never issued). I ended up winning but learned my lesson about working with this company.

The fact that they have a 5.4 rating is a good indicator that I am not alone in my experience. You'll notice in every response, they refuse to accept responsibility and always blame the consumer. This is on par with my customer service experience. Trustico's motto: Blame the customer

23 October 2015
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Reply from Trustico® Online Limited

Hi Jason,

Even though you requested your refund outside of our 7 day policy timeframe and your credit card dispute was not accepted by your credit card company, we refunded your Trust Seal order in full once we managed to decipher the details of your complaint.

Your order was unable to be fulfilled by our supplier due to your company being invalid, which we were in correspondence with you about over several days. It did not appear to us that you had placed your order accidentally and a refund was not requested by you until after we were trying to sort out another solution for you (this was in regards to trying to sort out the logistics of a discount you requested to be applied to your order after you had already completed and paid for your Trust Seal order).

Apologies for the confusion between yourself and our customer service staff member Robert - this confusion seems to have been exacerbated after you contacted many different staff and business associates of Trustico across the globe, each time providing different versions of your complaint, which made it difficult for Robert to investigate and confirm the details of your complaint.

At Trustico we do stand by our promises and we like to resolve any matters as quickly as possible which is why we have refunded your order in full and in good faith outside of the conditions of our policy.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Issued within minutes... right.

I ordered a RapidSSL certificate with them, because they seemed reasonably priced and promised that it would be "issued within minutes".
Well, make that 12 hours and two unanswered support inquiries later... still nothing.

Paypal payment cleared near real-time, approver email came through and was processed on my end, order processing was confirmed by them, but their tracking system still shows "pending; order queued".

Dreadful service for a company who claims to be present in several countries and who promises to deliver within minutes. Even the promised response time to email inquiries (3-12 hours) is up in a couple of minutes.

11 July 2015
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Reply from Trustico® Online Limited

Hi Carsten,

Even though it is Sunday and you indeed did place your order on a weekend, most customers would likely expect customer service to be available to them throughout the normal working week. Rest assured, we haven't used the word "promise" on our website anywhere, and I am sure you have us confused with someone else.

Also, your domain name that you are attempting to secure has several keywords within it that have required our suppliers to queue your order for manual review. Additionally, your website contains sensitive content that has caused your website to require a manual review. We clearly clearly advise on our website that order queuing may be required for websites that contain sensitive information - it is simply a requirement that your website is manually checked (by our suppliers) before the SSL Certificate will be issued.

We noticed on your website that you boast 15 years of experience within the online IT industry, so find it rather baffling that you wouldn't read the information provided to you on our website, or expect your order not to be queued based on your domain name or the content provided on your website. Or, perhaps you have just learn't something new this time around.

Rest assured - your order wasn't queued by us, but by the vendor. The queued message within our tracking system is the status the vendor is providing.

As per the request in your e-mail, rather than do what we normally do and get these issued to you, we'll do as you have asked and cancel your order. Your order will be refunded within the next few minutes (we promise) so that you can purchase elsewhere.

Have a great weekend.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lovely order system

During the order process, you are required to recieve a email on a few select addresses to verify the sign request.

I didnt have email activated on the domain in question and had to abandon the process, but I saved the URL just incase their ordering system was nice.

A few hours later I reloaded the url from a different IP address, and I was able to resume the process :)

26 March 2014
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Cheap but certainly not inferior

Brilliant service, straight forward, fast and easy to understand even for someone who's not experienced at installing certificates. The whole process is quick and secure and you get everything you need. Highly recommended.

12 December 2013
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

fast, reliable and cost effective service

The process of buying and creating an SSL certificate couldn't be easier. You don't need to create a separate csr file as this can be created automatically. I had my certificate ready to apply to the web server within 15 minutes of requesting the certificate. I would recommend the service to anyone and will definatley purchase all my future SSL certificates here.

20 October 2013
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Email instructions could be clearer

Ultimately the certificate works, and tools were provided to convert to the format I needed for IIS7.

However the process was delayed a bit because I missed some information requesting that I fax (!?) some documentation over. I probably should have read more carefully but this was one of 4 lengthy and very wordy emails generated in the order process (including 1 'up-sell' attempt) and so the information was too easy to miss in my opinion.

Overall it worked, but it's not a complex business and information could have been simpler and clearer in my opinion.

18 September 2013
Unprompted review
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Reply from Trustico® Online Limited

Hi Tim, thank you for your feedback.

We are happy to read your SSL Certificate worked and are glad the required conversion tools were available for your use.
E-Mails provided during order processing should be kept for reference however we do encourage you to contact us directly should you need assistance or information on what may be required for any specific order.

Please be sure to let us know should further information or assistance be required.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Easy to enroll as long as nothing goes wrong....

As long as you have a standard host with a standard configuration, you should have no worries. Good value for money, smooth, hassle free sign up and payment process.

But God help you if you your configuration is slightly off the standards settings they expect, as was our case. We sent a support email request which to date (two weeks) has not been replied too. You can´t opt for the premium installation fee after you´ve signed up, only during the enrollment process. If you do, you´re looking for a three week delay.

However, the chat based tech support is VERY good, very knowledgeable and quick, which is a plus.

29 August 2013
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brillint service

Had to send an email as the cert hadnt arrived. Had an email explaining almost by return.

The certificate installed perfectly. I will order from you again

17 August 2013
Unprompted review

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