You can add an image to your online store to tell visitors that traffic to your website is encrypted. Here you can learn how to add the image.

Encrypting your online store's traffic is important, not only for the sake of data security, but also your store's image: encryption makes the purchasing process more secure, and thus makes your store more trustworthy in the eyes of your customers. 

Most browsers include a visual cue in the address bar to indicate that the website is encrypted, but you can also add GeoTrust's (MyCashflow's SSL encryption service provider) secured seal to your store theme.

The secured seal works only with certificates issued by GeoTrust

All paid SSL certificates purchased via MyCashflow are issued by GeoTrust. If you've purchased your SSL certificate from some other provider, you won't be able to display the secured seal.

Also, the secured seal is not available for the free-of-charge Let's Encrypt certificates obtained via MyCashflow.

Creating a domain-specific script for the seal

To display the seal, you need a domain-specific script that prints the seal:

  1. Go to GeoTrust's secured seal installation page.
  2. Select the desired seal size from the drop-down menu.
  3. Enter your online store's domain in the format www.onlinestore.com.
  4. Click I accept. Create script.
  5. Select the whole script and copy it.

There are two ways in which you can add the script you've just created to your online store: by creating a banner for the seal or by adding the script to the store theme's files.

Adding the secured seal with a banner

Using a banner to display the seal is an easy solution. However, for it to work, your store theme must support displaying banner groups.

If you are sure that your store theme uses banners, here's what you should do:

  1. Create a new banner on the admin panel's Contents > Banners page by clicking New banner.
  2. Enter banner details, but don't add an image to the banner.
  3. In the banner's text field, switch to the HTML editing mode by clicking the <> button in the toolbar.
  4. Paste the script you copied earlier into the banner's text field.
  5. Finally, save the banner.

Add the banner to a banner group, depending on where you want the seal to appear.

Adding the secured seal to the store theme's files

You can also add GeoTrust's secured seal to the store theme's templates. The script inserts the seal at the same location where the script is placed in the file.

In such a case, make sure to add the script to all templates in which the seal should appear in the online store. Store themes often use helper files that print e.g. the footer or sidebars. These are usually a good location for the seal.

The example below shows the Barebones theme's helpers/footer.html file with the secured seal added:
    <div id="Footer">
      <p>&copy; {shopname} | <a href="/terms/">Terms and Conditions</a> | 
        This online store is powered by <a href="https://www.mycashflow.com/" 
        title="MyCashflow – The home of joyful ecommerce" 
        id="MyCashflowAd">MyCashflow e-commerce platform</a>.</p>
    </div>
	</div>
	{Analytics}
  <table width="135" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" title="Click to Verify - 
    This site chose GeoTrust SSL for secure ecommerce and confidential communications.">
    <tr>
      <td width="135" align="center" valign="top">
        <script type="text/javascript" 
         src="https://seal.geotrust.com/getgeotrustsslseal?host_name=www.yourstore.com&amp;size=M&amp;lang=en">
       </script><br/>
       <a href="/ssl/" target="_blank"  style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; font:bold 7px verdana,sans-serif; 
         letter-spacing:.5px; text-align:center; margin:0px; padding:0px;">
       </a>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</body>
</html>