Verisign has just announced a price increase for their server digital-IDs, which becomes effective August 18. The current price is $290, renew $75; the new prices will be $349, renew $249. Digital-IDs are used by the server to secure connections (SSL encryption) so users can safely transmit sensitive information across the internet without worrying that an uninvited 3rd party will intercept the message. BigBiz has its own ID (check it at https://www.bigbiz.com) and shares it with all our domain clients with no additional charges. You may want to consider obtaining your own digital-ID if your web site does a significant amount of secure transactions, or if you plan to get into Internet Commerce (like using CyberCash online credit card processing). We can help obtain and install your digital-ID for your domain. If you are considering getting a digital-ID, you may want to act quickly to get the old prices. Additional information is available at http://www.verisign.com/products/server_pricing_faq.html