[JoshTriplett]

> It looks like they are slowly catching up to Gandi.net, who have offered free one year certs

As far as I know, you only get a free certificate with a new domain registration, so after the first year, you'd still need to pay an annual renewal fee for the certificate.

[makomk]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure only the first one-year certificate is free for each domain at Gandi, so after the first year you have to pay for it. Same if you want more than one certificate for the same domain. It's part of the reason I moved to a different certificate provider after a year.

[tombrossman]

This is true and I could have worded it better. My point is that with Let's Encrypt coming online soon, Gandi's one free single year cert per domain gets you HTTPS now, and by the time it expires you won't need to buy another.