Creator of Certsimple here. I made CertSimple while applying for and waiting 3 weeks for GoDaddy to issue an EV certificate earlier this year. I looked around for existing companes that could verify and issue certificates without the complex steps. Every company I looked at had a hugely detailed registration process or didn't sell EV certificates - the ones that actually check your identity (like github, mozilla, stripe, and npm sites).
The main difference with Certsimple is the amount of work you have to do to get a certificate.The whole process of applying of a cert with CertSimple is now less than a minute.
This is because:
- We build the entire CSR command, including the subject for both Linux/Unix and Windows. There are no questions and answers. Just paste onto your server (using openssl or libressl on Unix and certreq on Windows) and paste the results. - We set correct the defaults for 2015 browsers (Chrome 41+ is now showing warnings for SHA1 certificates) - We automatically set the required encryption strength for an EV cert (2048 bits) - We check the CSR as soon as you paste it - We're quite specific about the information we ask for, don't repeatedly ask for the same thing, and a few other bits and pieces.
You won't really notice any of this, though: you'll just find it's really easy.
The best way to experience this is to try it - it only takes a few seconds we don't ask for payment until the process is complete.
10% of the profit from our certificates goes to The OpenBSD Foundation, GnuPG, the EFF or Open Rights Group (you pick your preferred source at the end of the order).
Mike