Multi-Domain certificates are often used for Unified Communications (UC) to secure Microsoft Exchange 2010 Server, Office Communications Server 2007 or Mobile Device Manager.
For example, you can secure all these domains with a single SAN certificate: www.namecheap.com www.exchange.namecheap.com www.namecheapgroup.com www.web-hosting.com
Multi-Domain SSL certificates do not require several dedicated IP addresses for your host names.