Advertise Credit Card Logos and Boost Your Online Profits
When you shop at a service business or retail store one of the first things you see as you walk to the door are the hours of business, and a credit card logo, showing what credit card types the store accepts. Potential customers expect that they will see those things. There'll be times when customers will walk away, and the merchant will lose the business if they don't see the logos.
The ecommerce world isn't any different! Studies indicate that one of the first items that an internet buyer searches for on your online site is a logo for a credit card. A logo like this is crucial, because it tells the customer a couple of things. First it informs the potential buyer that you have an internet merchant account, like Authorize.net gateway, and that you welcome credit and bank cards. Secondly, this credit card image tells the potential customer exactly which credit cards you accept. Last, but not least, seeing the credit card image gives the buyer with confidence. The customer will know you're "an authentic business" because the credit card logo image shows them you have an internet merchant account and you accept credit cards.
To experience internet success, you need to give your clients as many different payment options as possible. At a minimum, your retail merchant account ought to permit you to accept the following credit cards: Mastercard, Discover, Visa, and American Express. By welcoming the previously named credit cards, you'll be able to better compete with other merchants. If you do not advertise the credit card logos on your home page, you can be certain that clients will keep surfing until they arrive at the website of your top competitor. When you have got existing traffic on your site, adding a credit card logo will boost the profits of your internet business.
There are several methods to display the credit card logo on your site. When you set up your online merchant account, you most likely received a welcome kit by mail from your account processor. This kit commonly has copies of the credit card logos. If you are any good with a scanner, then you'll be able to scan the logos, convert them to a gif or ipg format, and add them to your web site. This approach isn't too difficult, but it is definitely not the most simple way to display the logo on your online site.
There are a lot of different web sites online that feature credit card logos. Some sites charge you for the credit card logos, others are free. Doing some research about this issue, something we discovered is that there are many low quality credit card logos out there. If you've got a professional website, and you have a credit card logo of poor quality on your home page, what will consumers think?
Becuase we couldn't find one great solution, we chose to create several webpages with the best free credit card logos available. We've also included credit card logos in various sizes, various heights, and various widths. We're providing all these logos at absolutely no cost to you. The process isn't hard. Visit www.TakeCardsToday.com, and double click on the "Free Credit Card Logo" link. More than fifty unique logos are readily available free of charge. Also included is a fairly simple "cut and paste" html coding allowing you to easily cut and paste right into your html. You will have credit card logos on your website in just five minutes (plus you'll increase your online profits). If you don't understand html coding, we'll place the images on your website for you (at no charge). Don't waste your time anymore, get your absolutely free credit card images on your internet site right now, and don't let your merchant account go dormant.
This educational article was authored by Todd Nelson, Marketing Director for Capital Merchant Solutions, Inc. ( www.TakeCardsToday.com ) CMS has been in the internet payment processing business for more than ten years, and features free merchant accounts and free credit card images to online businesses in addition to retail businesses. The article can be republished providing no changes are made, and this final paragraph is also included. Copyright 2007- Capital Merchant Solutions,Inc - All rights reserved.
