Showcase Credit Card Logos and Maximize Internet Sales

When you go shopping at a retail store or business the first thing you usually see when you walk to the door are the business hours, and a credit card logo, showing what kinds of credit cards the store accepts. Consumers sort of take for granted that they will see those things. There'll be times when consumers will walk away, and the store will lose the transaction if they can't see the logos.

The ecommerce world isn't any different! It has been shown that one of the first items that an online customer searches for on your website is a credit card logo image. A logo like this is remarkably important, because it informs the consumer of some things. First it tells the customer that you have got an internet merchant account, like Authorize.net gateway, and that you take credit cards. Second, the credit card logo informs the customer specifically what cards you will take. Finally, seeing the credit card image provides the buyer with confidence. Potential customers will know you are "a genuine company" since the logo shows them you have a retail merchant account and you will take certain types of credit cards.

To be successful online, you have to provide your clients with various payment options. At a bare minimum, your merchant account must allow you to take the following cards: Visa, American Express, Mastercard, and Discover. By welcoming these types of cards, you will be able to compete with other merchants. If you do not exhibit the credit card logos on your internet home page, you can be certain that customers will keep browsing until they come to the web page of your competitor. If perchance you have traffic on your web page, adding a credit card logo is sure to increase your online sales.

There are several different ways to get the credit card logo on your internet site. When you setup your internet merchant account, you probably received a welcome kit by mail from your account processor. This welcoming kit will commonly contain copies of the credit card logos. If you are any good with a scanner, then you'll be able to scan the credit card logos, convert them to a gif or ipg format, and add them to your webpage. This approach is easy, however it's definitely not the most convenient way to add the credit card logo to your web site.

You'll find multiple different web sites on the internet that promote credit card logos. There are some that charge you for the logos, some are free. Having done research on this issue, something that we noticed is that there are numerous poor quality credit card logos on the market. If you've got a professional web site, and you display a credit card image of poor quality on your home page, what impression will consumers get?

In light of the fact that it was hard to find a single great solution, we decided to create several webpages with the most ideal free credit card logos on the market. We have included logos in various heights, various sizes, and various widths. We're providing all these logos at absolutely no cost to you. We have made the process very simple. Visit www.TakeCardsToday.com, and click on the "Free Credit Card Logo" link. Over fifty unique credit card images are readily available absolutely free. Along with the free logos is a fairly 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 (plus you'll increase your online sales). If you are an html dummy and don't know how to do this, we will display the images on your home page for you (for free). Don't waste anymore time, find your complimentary credit card logos on your website today, 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 free merchant account business for more than 10 years, and offers free credit card images and free merchant account to internet companies along with retail businesses. The article may be republished on the condition that no changes are made, and this final paragraph is included. Copyright 2007- Capital Merchant Solutions,Inc - All rights reserved.