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[archmaille]

On my site I have the Pay-Pal Verified Seal, and a seal from Ranking.com that shows my trustguage score of 6. I was wondering if there were any other companies out there that offered similar services to help put customers at ease?

Thanks,
Cody

[Jill]

There's the Better Business Bureau, and a few others. I always wonder how many people actually care about those things though. It would be easy enough to simply place seals on sites that don't actually deserve them, so I would always be skeptical of them, personally.

[archmaille]

Thank you Jill, right now the BBB will cost me $150 a year I am just looking for ways to put my customers at ease. Especially since I am running an online jewelry site it makes getting sales tough, so anything that someone might recognize, and be able to associate with helps me gain customers that don't know me, or the quality of my product.

[Jill]

Anything that would truly put your customers at ease is going to cost you, as they would have to truly evaluate your business practices in order to determine whether your customers really should be at ease.

Otherwise, you might as well just make up your own seal.

[Betty]

I would second the BBB listing. They have an online graphic that you use to link directly to your BBB listing. If your competition has a poor BBB rating- even better as you could mention to check out the competitions rank along with you own.