Showcase Credit Card Logos and Boost Sales Online

When you go shopping at a store or service business one of the first things you see walking up to the door is the business hours, and a credit card logo, showing what credit card types the store takes. Patrons take for granted that they will see those things. Occasionally consumers will walk away, and the merchant will lose the business if they can't see the credit card logos.

The ecommerce world isn't any different! It's been shown that one of the first items an online customer eyes on a website is a credit card logo image. A logo like this is remarkably important, because it informs the customer of a couple of things. First it informs client that you've got a merchant account, such as Authorize.net gateway, and that you welcome credit and bank cards. Secondly, the credit card logo informs the potential buyer explicitly which credit cards you accept. Lastly, observing the credit card logo gives the customer confidence. The customer knows you are "a legitimate company" since the logo informs them that you have got a retail merchant account and that you accept certain types of credit cards.

To experience online success, you need to give customers different payment options. At a minimum, your online merchant account ought to let you welcome the following cards: Mastercard, Visa, Discover, and American Express. By processing these cards, you are putting yourself on the same playing field as your top competition. In the event you don't prominently advertise the credit card logos on your web page, rest assured that potential buyers will keep looking until they come to the website of your top competitor. If you've got traffic on your web page, displaying a credit card logo will boost your sales.

There are numerous ways to add the credit card logo on your website. When you signed up for your retail merchant account, you most likely got a welcome kit from the processor of your account. This kit typically contains copies of the credit card images. If you're decent with a scanner, you should be able to scan the logos, convert them to an jpg or gif format, and publish them to your online site. This procedure is fairly easy, but it's certainly not the easiest way to place the logo on your web page.

There are many websites online that offer credit card logos. There are some sites that charge you for the logos, others charge nothing. Having done research about this topic, something that we noticed is that there are a lot of poor quality logos available. If you've got a professional website, and you've got a poor quality card logo on your home page, what impression does that give your customers?

Because we quickly found that it was hard to find a single great solution, we elected to design several web pages with the most ideal free credit card logos available. We've also included logos in various widths, heights, and sizes. We're providing all these credit card logos absolutely free. The process isn't hard. Go to www.TakeCardsToday.com, and double click on the "Free Credit Card Logo" link. Over 50 unique credit card images are readily available for free. Also included is a fairly simple "cut and paste" html coding making it so you can easily cut the code and paste it right in your html. You'll have credit card images on your web page in just five or ten minutes (plus increase your online sales at the same time). If you don't understand html coding, we'll display the images on your web page for you (for free). Don't waste anymore time, display your free logos on your web site today, and do not allow your merchant account to expire.

This educational article was authored by Todd Nelson, Marketing Director for Capital Merchant Solutions, Inc. ( www.TakeCardsToday.com ) CMS has been in the internet merchant account business for ten plus years, and features free logos for credit cards and free merchant account to online businesses along with retail businesses. The article can be republished on the condition that absolutely no changes are made, and this last paragraph is included. Copyright 2007- Capital Merchant Solutions,Inc - All rights reserved.