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Credit Card Widget Guide Part 2

In my first post, I explained the steps to customize your credit card widget by choosing your categories by card type, issuer or even selecting your own individual cards. For part two, we’re going to take a look at customizing the look and feel of your widget.

Most of step 2 is pretty straight forward, however there are some features I want to point out and demonstrate here in this post.  In order to begin with step 2 you must first click on the left side ‘Show/Hide’ link to expand the box.

 

Another item to note is that in order to display any changes you make to the customization you MUST click on the Update button.  The reset button will clear your changes and bring you back to default. It will not save any of your changes so only use it if you want to reset and start over.

Step 2. Customize Look and Feel

Widget Type.  The wide and narrow radio button option is one of the coolest features about this widget.  While the wide version of the widget allows you to easily create a comparison site chart, the narrow version gives bloggers the flexibility to incorporate credit card advertisements in their blogs sidebars or within the posts themselves.  The sizing of the narrow widget is standard for all blogs, namely type pad, blogger, and word press.

Agent-ID.  You can even apply your agent or sub ID to the widget to allow you to track sales on your end.

So what is "Agent Tracking?" What is an "Agent ID?"

Agent tracking is an additional feature incorporated to our existing HTML codes located at the end of each affiliate link. We strongly encourage all of our affiliates to utilize this feature as a way to track sales and performance when marketing several of our offers at one time. This allows you to evaluate if an offer is working in keeping with the needs of your business.

When you download creatives through the Credit.com affiliate site, you'll be offered a chance to add a custom agent ID.

Is there a minimum requirement on the length of an agent ID?  

Yes, an agent ID must be at least two or more characters in numeric or letter value.

Width – Button Color.  These functions are pretty self explanatory.  They allow you to match the color elements of the widget with the color scheme of your site or blog.

Button Hover Color.  I really like this function.  It shows the visitor that the button is an active link and clickable.

That wraps up part two of the Credit Card Widget series and should give you a better idea of the different options available for customizing the look and feel of your widget. Stay tuned for my next post where we’ll discuss the credit card finder widget and the rate table widget. 

Credit Card Widget Guide Part 1

Not only does our credit card affiliate program offer some of the best payouts and conversions in the space, we are also the only network to offer a credit card widget that can be used on your site or blog.

In the next three blog posts I will review and go over the features and functions associated with Credit.com’s Credit Card Widget.

After signing up for an affiliate account, simply login to Credit.com’s affiliate site and select the Credit Card Widget from the “Exclusive Offers” to begin customizing your widget to fit your site or blog.

Step 1. Choose your Categories.

There are 3 options here and it just depends on the list you want to create.  Do you want to create your list by card type? Issuer? Or create your OWN list based on the specific cards you select?

Option 1. Selecting by card type will allow you to create a list of cards that are for specific credit score ranges and card categories. This is a great way for sorting credit cards on a credit card comparisons site.>It is one of the ways Credit.com sorts our own credit card offers.

Option 2. Selecting the Issuer option will allow you to create a list for a specific credit card issuer. This is also a very useful way of organizing cards on a credit card comparison site.

Option 3. Selecting by card allows you to choose a widget for one single individual card, or to create your own custom list of cards. The drop down list provides you with every available credit card you can market. Some people choose to use a single card as a great cross sell offer.

Once you have added a few cards you have the option to move them up or down your list. You can also click on the trash can and remove the card altogether.

Stay tuned for more customizable tips and features in my next post, Credit Card Widget Guide Part 2.

Corey Bray manages the affiliate team and focuses on business development opportunities for Credit.com. His team's goal is to grow Credit.com's site traffic and exposure in the online credit and financial space.