By default, all shared webhosting and reseller accounts have only one shared IP address and no dedicated IP address. You can find your site's current IP in the left hand menu of the main page of cPanel.
A dedicated IP change requires 4 hours to resolve. Your site may appear to be down during that time. You will NOT need to change your name servers.
Shared Web Hosting has only one cPanel. So you can have only one dedicated IP. If you choose the dedicated IP, all of your addon and subdomains will use the dedicated IP.
Resellers have potential for unlimited IPs (one for each cPanel). If you choose the dedicated IP, all of your addon and subdomains within the same cPanel will use the dedicated IP.
VPS have potential for unlimited IPs; no need to create the cPanel first. Just email sales@hostmop.com to request more dedicated IPs. All of your addon and subdomains within the same cPanel will use the same IP. Emails will use a dedicated IP.
Dedicated owners have potential for unlimited IPs; no need to create the cPanel first.
Who needs a dedicated IP address?
Generally, having a website on a shared IP address will not cause you any harm. However, there are a few cases when a static IP is required...
- Having your own Private SSL Certificate. Secure e-commerce websites need SSL certificates for accepting credit cards online. Web hosts usually offer a shared SSL certificate where clients can share the Web host's SSL. If you are using your Web hosting provider's shared SSL you don't need a static IP.
- Anonymous FTP. It means that anyone using the FTP software can access files in a special directory of your site. It's called Anonymous FTP because the user name used to access is "anonymous." Many Web hosting providers require a static IP for the anonymous FTP function to work properly.
- You want to access your website by FTP or Web browser even when the domain name is inaccessible, such as domain name propagation periods.
- Sharing an IP address with known spam or adult sites raises a warning flag with search engines, so some of them may respond by banning the entire IP address from their index.