Showcase Credit Card Logos and Boost Online Sales

When you shop at a business or store one of the very first things you'll see while walking to the door are the hours of business, and a credit card logo, showing what card types the store can take. Consumers just assume that they will see this. Often customers will walk away, and the merchant will lose the sale if they can't see the logos.

The e-commerce world is not any different! Studies have indicated that one of the first items that an internet consumer searches for on your online site is a credit card logo. This credit card image is extraordinarily important, in that it tells the buyer some things. First it informs the potential client that you have got an internet merchant account, like Authorize.net gateway, and that you take bank cards. Second, the logo relays to the potential buyer exactly what credit cards are accepted. Last, but not least, observing the credit card logo gives the buyer confidence. The customer will know you are "an actual business" in that the credit card image informs them that you have got a merchant account and you will accept credit cards.

To be successful on the internet, you have to provide your clients with many different options for payment. At a minimum, your retail merchant account should permit you to accept the following credit cards: American Express, Discover, Mastercard, and Visa. By accepting these cards, you will be able to compete with other merchants. In the event you don't showcase the credit card logos on your web page, you can be certain that clients will continue to browse until they chance upon the home page of your competitor. When you have existing traffic on your website, displaying a credit card image will boost your sales.

There are several ways to get the credit card logo on your site. When you set up your online merchant account, you probably got a welcome kit from your account processor. This kit customarily has copies of the credit card logos. If you know how to use a scanner, you should be able to scan the logos, convert them to a gif or ipg format, and add them on your web page. This process isn't too hard, however it is definitely not the most simple way to place the credit card logo on your web page.

There are multiple sites online that have credit card logos. There are some sites that charge you for them, others won't charge. Having done research about this issue, something we noticed is that there are numerous lower quality credit card images available. If you've got a website that is professional, and then you display a poor quality card logo on the home page, what impression does that give consumers?

Because we quickly found that it was hard to find a great solution, we elected to design several web pages with the best free credit card logos on the market. We have also included logos in various sizes, widths, and heights. We are offering all of these logos no cost. The process is easy. Come and visit www.TakeCardsToday.com, and click on the "Free Credit Card Logo" link. More than 50 unique credit card logos are available for free. Along with the free credit card logos is a fairly simple "cut and paste" html coding making it so you can easily cut the code and paste it directly into your html. You'll have credit card images on your home page in just minutes (plus internet sales will increase). If you are an html dummy and don't know how to do this, we'll place the images on your web page for you (at no cost to you). do not waste your time anymore, obtain your complimentary logos on your online site today, and do not allow your merchant account to expire.

This article was written by Todd Nelson, Marketing Director for Capital Merchant Solutions, Inc. ( www.TakeCardsToday.com ) CMS has been in the internet payment processing business for ten plus years, and features free logos for credit cards and free merchant account to internet companies as well as retail businesses. The article can be republished as long as no changes are made, and this last paragraph is included. Copyright 2007- Capital Merchant Solutions,Inc - All rights reserved.