Advertise Credit Card Logos and Boost Internet Profits
When you go shopping at a retail store or business one of the very first things you'll see heading to the door are the hours of business, and a credit card logo, showing what kinds of credit cards the merchant will take. Customers expect to see this. Occasionally consumers will walk away, and the merchant misses out on the transaction if they do not see the credit card logos.
The world of internet retail isn't any different! Studies show that one of the initial things an internet customer looks for on an online site is a credit card logo. This credit card logo is highly important, in that it tells the customer a couple of things. First it tells client that you've got an online merchant account, such as Authorize.net gateway, and that you do take credit cards. Secondly, this logo relays to the potential consumer explicitly what credit cards are welcomed. Lastly, seeing the credit card logo image provides the buyer confidence. The potential customer knows you're "an authentic company" in that the credit card image shows them you've got a retail merchant account and you take certain kinds of credit cards.
To be successful online, you need to provide your customers with various payment options. At a minimum, your merchant account need to allow you to accept the following types of credit cards: Mastercard, American Express, Discover, and Visa. By accepting these credit cards, you'll be on the same playing field as other merchants. If you do not prominently showcase the credit card logos on your web page, you can be sure, your clients will continue to surf until they come to the online page of your competitor. If perchance you have existing traffic on your website, displaying a credit card image will boost online sales.
You'll find many ways to get the credit card logo on your website. When you set up your online merchant account, you likely got a welcome kit by mail from your merchant account processor. This welcome kit commonly contains copies of the credit card logos. If you're savvy with a scanner, then you'll be able to scan these credit card logos, change them to an jpg or gif format, and publish them to your online site. This procedure isn't too hard, but it's definitely not the easiest method to add the logo to your online site.
There are many websites on the net that offer credit card logos. There are some websites that charge you for the logos, others charge no fees. Having conducted some research about this subject, one thing we discovered is that there are numerous low quality logos on the market. If you have got a professional website, and you have a credit card logo of poor quality on the home page, what will your clients think?
Because we were hard pressed to find one great solution, we chose to develop several web pages with the most ideal free credit card logos available. We've included credit card logos in various widths, sizes and heights. We're offering all of these credit card logos at absolutely no cost to you. The process isn't hard. Go to www.TakeCardsToday.com, and click on the "Free Credit Card Logo" link. Over 50 different credit card logos are available absolutely free. We have also included very simple "cut and paste" html coding allowing you to just cut the code and paste it right in your html. You'll have credit card logos on your website in five or ten minutes (and you'll increase your online sales). If you are an html dummy and don't know how to do this, we will display the credit card logos on your online home page for you (absolutely free). do not waste your time anymore, add your complimentary credit card images on your webpage right away, and do not let your merchant account expire.
This article was authored by Todd Nelson, Marketing Director for Capital Merchant Solutions, Inc. ( www.TakeCardsToday.com ) Capital Merchant Solutions has been in the internet payment processing business for well over ten years, and offers free logos and free merchant account to internet businesses along with retail businesses. The article may be republished providing no changes are made, and this final paragraph is also included. Copyright 2007- Capital Merchant Solutions,Inc - All rights reserved.