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By: Todd Nelson
Display Credit Card Logos and Optimize Your Online Sale

When you go shopping at a business or retail store one of the very first things you see while heading to the door is the merchant's hours, and a credit card logo, displaying what credit card types the store accepts. Customers expect that they will see this. Occasionally the customer will walk away, and the store misses out on the business if they can't see the credit card logos.

The internet world isn't different! It's been shown that one of the very first items that an online consumer looks for on an online site is a credit card logo. A logo is crucial, because it tells the buyer a few things. First it informs the buyer that you have an online merchant account, like Authorize.net gateway, and that you do take cards. Second, the logo relays to the potential consumer precisely which cards you will take. Lastly, seeing the credit card logo gives the consumer with confidence. They'll know you are "a legitimate business" since the credit card image informs them that you have got an internet merchant account and you are accepting certain kinds of credit cards.

In order to have online success, you must provide your clients with many options for payment. At a bare minimum, your retail merchant account ought to permit you to take these credit card types: Mastercard, American Express, Visa, and Discover. By accepting the previously named credit cards, you will better be able to compete. In the event you do not showcase the credit card logos on your home page, rest assured, your buyers will continue to look until they come upon the online page of your competitor. When there is existing traffic on your site, adding a credit card logo will certainly increase your online sales.

You'll find many ways to place the credit card logo on your website. When you set up your merchant account, you likely got a welcome kit from your merchant account processor. This welcoming kit will commonly contain copies of the logos. If you're decent with a scanner, you can scan the logos, change them to an jpg or gif format, and add them on your website. This process is fairly simple, but it is certainly not the most simple method to add the logo to your online site.

You'll find a lot of different sites online that promote credit card logos. There are some sites that charge you for them, some are free. Doing some research on this issue, one thing we discovered is that there are many lower quality credit card images available. If you have got a website that is professional, and you display a credit card logo of poor quality on your home page, what will consumers think?

Because we were hard pressed to find one great solution, we decided to develop several web pages with the best free credit card logos out there. We have included credit card logos in various widths, sizes and heights. We are offering all these credit card logos no cost. The process is easy. Check out www.TakeCardsToday.com, and double click on the "Free Credit Card Logo" link. Over 50 different logos are available to choose from absolutely free. Along with the free credit card images is a simple "cut and paste" html coding allowing you to just cut and paste right into your html. You will have credit card images on your web page in minutes (plus increase your online sales at the same time). If you don't understand html, we'll put the images on your internet home page for you (for free). Don't waste your time, find your complimentary logos on your webpage right now, and do not let your merchant account go dormant.

This informational article was authored by Todd Nelson, Marketing Director for Capital Merchant Solutions, Inc. ( www.TakeCardsToday.com ) Capital Merchant Solutions has been in the credit card processing business for over ten years, and offers free credit card logos and free merchant account to internet businesses and retail businesses. The article may be republished on the condition that no changes are made, and this final paragraph is also included. Copyright 2007- Capital Merchant Solutions,Inc - All rights reserved.



This informational article was written by Todd Nelson, Marketing Director for Capital Merchant Solutions, Inc. (www.TakeCardsToday.com) CMS has been in the http://www.takecardstoday.com/ internet merchant account business for over ten years, and features free merchant account and free credit card images to internet companies as well as retail businesses.
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