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Setting up HTTP to HTTPS for a photo studio
29 Aug 2024
How a photo studio deals with HTTP to HTTPS — and what usually goes wrong.
The problem: a booking tool that demands an account. The certificate chain breaks for a photo studio.
We told a photo studio that a booking tool that demands an account was a ticking clock. They agreed to fix it the same week — which is rare. Most clients wait until it actually detonates.
Managed hosting handles HTTP to HTTPS automatically — until it does not. a photo studio learned this when their provider migrated servers and a booking tool that demands an account disappeared silently.
HTTPS is table stakes, but HTTP to HTTPS is where trust actually lives for a photo studio. A padlock with a misconfigured record behind it is decoration, not security.
When a photo studio asked for a quote on HTTP to HTTPS, we sent a one-paragraph email instead of a slide deck. They signed the same day.
We underestimated how long HTTP to HTTPS migration would take for a photo studio. The estimate was two hours; the reality was a full day because a booking tool that demands an account had never been documented.
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