Thawte (thawte.com), a provider of digital certificates, announced on Monday that it has launched a newly enhanced reseller channel (thawte.com/isp).

According to thawte, the channel features new functionality that has been requested by its reseller partners, including a three-step customer enrollment process, a single-step certificate renewal process, free certificate reissues, real time reporting capabilities, refined certificate status pages, a real time message center, flexible prepay options, a streamlined pay-as-you-go option, a renewal reminder tool and competitive discounts.

The reseller channel includes thawte's recently launched SSL 123 certificate and its two-year code signing certificates.

"Our new reseller channel confirms thawte's commitment to the reseller-ISP market. We believe that this channel now offers resellers the best features and product range in the industry and we will continue to bring more enhancements to the program," says Bo Wilson, managing director of thawte. "Pricing within this channel is now more competitive than ever and is targeted to maximize our resellers' effectiveness. Our customers remain our main focus at thawte, with outstanding global service offered by all of our employees, especially from our reseller sales, customer service and technical support teams."

Thawte says it has issued 484,000 SSL certificates since its inception in 1995.