Free SSL (Let's Encrypt)
Free HTTPS for your custom careers domain — request a certificate for your CNAME and we issue, install, and auto-renew it via Let's Encrypt, at no cost on Pro and above.
A branded careers site on your own domain loses its credibility the moment a browser flags it "Not secure" — and candidates notice before recruiters do. Most careers-site products either leave TLS as your problem, or price certificate management as an add-on. Expertini ATS treats HTTPS as part of the product: every custom careers domain gets a free SSL certificate, issued through Let's Encrypt, installed on our infrastructure, and renewed automatically before it ever expires.
The whole flow is designed so a non-technical recruiter can complete it: point one CNAME record at Expertini from the Custom Domain app, verify it with one click, then press "Request free SSL". The certificate for your exact hostname — a subdomain like careers.yourcompany.com or your apex domain — is typically live within 24 hours, and you're emailed when it is. You never buy a certificate, never upload one, and never touch a renewal again.
On this page
- How it works, end to end
- What it covers — and what it costs
- Already on Cloudflare?
- Why this matters for hiring, not just security
- Connection architecture
- Write semantics and data flow
- Operational considerations
- Placement in the integration topology
- Interface blueprint & interaction flow
- Frequently asked questions
01How it works, end to end
Step one lives in the Custom Domain (DNS) app: add a CNAME record at your DNS provider (guides for Cloudflare, GoDaddy, Bluehost and any other provider are built into the app) pointing your chosen hostname at Expertini, then hit Verify. Step two is one button: Request free SSL. That request goes straight to our operations queue, where the certificate is issued for your verified hostname via Let's Encrypt — the same certificate authority securing hundreds of millions of sites — and bound to your careers site on our edge. From then on, renewal is automatic roughly every 60 days, forever, with no action from you.
02What it covers — and what it costs
The certificate covers exactly the hostname you verified — subdomains (careers.yourcompany.com, jobs.yourbrand.co.uk) and apex domains are both supported. The cost is zero: no issuance fee, no renewal fee, no per-domain add-on. Custom domains and their SSL are included from the Starter plan upward, in the same flat price as everything else — consistent with how we treat the rest of the platform: capabilities ship in the plan, not as an invoice line.
03Already on Cloudflare?
If your DNS runs through Cloudflare in Proxied mode, your visitors already see Cloudflare-issued HTTPS at the edge. Requesting the free certificate here as well is still the right move: it encrypts the connection between Cloudflare and Expertini too, letting you run Cloudflare's Full (strict) SSL mode — encrypted end to end, with no certificate warnings on either hop.
04Why this matters for hiring, not just security
Candidates increasingly reach careers sites from links in messaging apps and social posts, where browsers are most aggressive about flagging insecure pages. An HTTPS careers site on your own domain keeps your employer brand intact at the exact moment a candidate decides whether to apply — and because the site itself is the multi-page company site Expertini serves natively (jobs with search, services, about, contact), the entire branded, secure experience comes from one subscription with no web-agency invoice attached.
Platform architecture & operations
A1Connection architecture
The connection model for this integration is stated honestly on its card: where a public API exists it is used with your own account and consent, and where a vendor requires a partner agreement the page says so instead of showing a Connect button that cannot work.
Once available, credentials follow the platform standard: encrypted at rest, presence-flag display, immediate removal on disconnect.
A2Write semantics and data flow
Every data movement is an explicit action with a logged result. Writes happen on your click — or automatically only where you enabled a rule (auto-push on hire is off by default, per-provider). Reads — imports of people, accounts, or files — run when you press Import, deduplicate against what you already have (clients by name, people by email), skip rather than overwrite, and report created-versus-skipped honestly, which is why re-running any import is safe by design.
Each action writes a row to the app-activity journal (ats_app_activity): what ran, when, for which record, and the outcome — including the vendor's own error text verbatim when something fails. Usage reporting inside the ATS aggregates that same journal, so integration reporting and integration reality cannot diverge.
Anything that leaves the request path — notification fan-out, webhook delivery, activity journalling, mail — runs in fire-and-forget background threads. A slow external endpoint can never make the interface hang, and a failed side effect is logged rather than silently retried into inconsistency.
A3Operational considerations
Connections are organisation-level and gated to owner and admin roles; recruiters use the features a connection powers but cannot connect, disconnect, or reconfigure. Disconnecting removes stored credentials immediately and stops the dependent features visibly, not silently. Data already imported stays yours and editable.
Imported people arrive marked as imported with conservative privacy defaults — no consent is assumed for anyone who never filled in your application form, and retention defaults apply. Everything written is yours to take: CSV exports and the Data Export app cover the same stores the product itself reads. The exit is as open as the entrance — by design, not concession.
A4Placement in the integration topology
This integration is live in the registry today. One connection per provider unlocks every feature it powers, and the topology grid below shows the neighbouring connectors in the same capability area — statuses come from the same registry that drives the in-app hub, so this page can never claim more than the product does. For anything the catalogue does not cover, Webhooks and Zapier are the generic, documented escape hatch.
Dependency map
Interface blueprint
Interaction flow — states, validations, feedback
Frequently asked questions
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Do I need to renew it?⌄
Can I use my apex domain instead of a subdomain?⌄
What if I leave Expertini?⌄
At a glance
- Free SSL certificate for your custom careers domain — issued via Let's Encrypt
- One-click request from the Custom Domain app after CNAME verification
- Typically live within 24 hours, email confirmation when active
- Automatic renewal forever — nothing to buy, upload, or remember
- Subdomains and apex domains both supported
- Included on Pro and above — no certificate or renewal fees, ever
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