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Showcase Credit Card Logos and Increase Your Online Profits
When you go shopping at a store or service business one of the very first things you see heading up to the door is the store hours, and a credit card logo, displaying what kinds of credit cards the merchant accepts. Customers expect to see those things. There will be times when the consumer will walk away, and the store misses out on the transaction if they don't see the credit card logos.
The world of internet retail isn't different! Studies have asserted that one of the very first things an internet buyer searches for on your internet site is a credit card logo image. A logo like this is highly important, in that it informs the customer about a few things. First it tells the potential client that you have an internet merchant account, such as Authorize.net gateway, and that you do welcome cards. Secondly, the logo informs the customer explicitly what cards you accept. Finally, seeing the credit card logo gives the buyer confidence. They'll know you are "an actual company" in that the credit card image tells them you have an online merchant account and you're accepting credit cards.
To be successful online, you have to provide your clients with as many different payment options as possible. At a minimum, your internet merchant account need to let you take the following card types: American Express, Visa, Mastercard, and Discover. By welcoming these cards, you are putting yourself on the same playing field as your top competition. In the event you don't prominently showcase the credit card logos on your web page, you can be certain that buyers will continue to browse until they find the website of your competitor. If you've got traffic on your online site, adding a credit card image is certain to increase your online sales.
There are a lot of methods to place the credit card logo on your internet site. When you setup your merchant account, you likely got a welcome kit from the processor of your account. This welcome kit normally contains copies of the credit card images. If you are any good with a scanner, you can scan these credit card logos, change them to a gif or ipg format, and publish them on your website. This process is easy, but it's definitely not the easiest method to place the logo on your webpage.
There are a lot of websites online that offer credit card logos. Some sites charge you for the credit card logos, others are free. Having done some research about this issue, something that we noticed is that there are several low quality credit card logos out there. If you have got a professional web site, and then you display a credit card image of poor quality on your home page, what impression does that give your clients?
Since we discovered that it was difficult to find a single great solution, we chose to develop several webpages with the very best free credit card logos on the market. We've included logos in various sizes, various widths, and various heights. We're offering all these credit card logos absolutely free. The process isn't difficult. Visit www.TakeCardsToday.com, and click on the "Free Credit Card Logo" link. More than fifty unique logos are available for free. Also included is a simple "cut and paste" html coding making it so you can just cut the code and paste it directly into your html. You will have card logos on your home page in just minutes (and online sales will increase). If perhaps you do not understand html, we will place the logos on your internet home page for you (at no cost to you). do not waste your time, add your free logos on your online site right now, and don't allow your merchant account to go dormant.
This educational article was written by Todd Nelson, Marketing Director for Capital Merchant Solutions, Inc. ( www.TakeCardsToday.com ) Capital Merchant Solutions has been in the merchant accounts business for well over 10 years, and provides free credit card logos and free merchant account to online companies along with retail businesses. The article may be republished providing no changes are made, and this last paragraph is also included. Copyright 2007- Capital Merchant Solutions,Inc - All rights reserved.