IndiaLends — Growth Portfolio

From search click to submitted application — the full funnel.

A two-part build for IndiaLends' credit card category: an SEO-led demand engine that brought organic visitors in cheaper than ads, and an on-page conversion system that turned that traffic into completed applications.

5,00,000+
Organic visitors / 3 mo
₹30 → ₹15
Cost per paid lead
42% → 68%
Form completion rate
🔍 Organic search
💰 Paid campaigns
🧭 Landing page
🧮 Calculator / compare
Applied
Part 01 · The Brief

Why we built dedicated credit card pages

01 / 09

IndiaLends' credit card traffic was riding almost entirely on paid acquisition. There was no page built to own the high‑intent, high‑search‑volume, low‑competition keywords a card‑seeker actually types into Google — so every visitor had a cost attached to it.

We designed and scoped a set of credit‑card‑specific landing pages, each mapped to a keyword cluster researched for volume and winnability. Keyword research, meta titles, meta descriptions and full on‑page SEO direction were documented and handed to Product and Tech for build, referenced together in the Credit Card Page Content document.

a
Boost organic trafficthrough optimised, purpose‑built credit card landing pages.
b
Capture search demandfor high‑volume, low‑competition keyword clusters.
c
Improve keyword rankingsand convert that visibility into qualified, organic leads.
d
Strengthen the SEO foundationof the credit card category, page by page.
Web Landing Pages — Credit Card templates
Dev‑mode Figma file · keyword‑mapped page structure & SEO annotations
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Part 01 · The Demand Result

What the SEO build unlocked

02 / 09
Organic visitors · 3 months
0
Directly attributed to the new credit‑card landing pages ranking for their target keyword clusters.
Cost per paid lead
₹30₹15
A 50% drop, as organic pages absorbed demand that paid search was previously funding alone.
Keyword foundation
Ranked
On‑page SEO — titles, meta descriptions, keyword mapping — implemented per the Credit Card Page Content spec.
Part 01 · Paid, Working Alongside Organic

Card‑specific paid campaigns

03 / 09

With organic covering top‑of‑funnel discovery, paid was redirected to sharper, card‑specific acquisition — anchored by two flagship issuer campaigns. Tap a card to flip it.

PAID CAMPAIGN
•••• •••• •••• SBI
Campaign
SBI CARD
Status
Live
Issuer‑led acquisition push for SBI Card, aligned to the credit‑card keyword calendar.
FESTIVE
PAID CAMPAIGN
•••• •••• •••• AXIS
Campaign
AXIS CARD
Status
Live
Parallel push for Axis Card, timed with seasonal offer windows.

Festival campaigns & offers

Seasonal bursts layered on top of the always‑on SBI and Axis campaigns, timed to festive shopping intent and issuer offer cycles.

Festive Offer Push Seasonal Creative Refresh Issuer Co‑marketing
Part 02 · New Page Layout & Application Flow

Fewer steps, clearer intent at each one

04 / 09

Demand engine built — now the page had to earn the application. The old flow asked for everything up front. The rebuilt flow collapses it to three purposeful steps, each with a single job.

01
Check eligibility
Mobile + PAN, instant pre‑check
02
Pick your card
Pre‑filtered by eligibility result
03
Confirm & submit
Auto‑filled details, one review screen
Collapsed from a 5‑step, single‑long‑form flow — cut in the Form Redesign below.
Part 02 · Form Redesign

Rebuilding the application form

05 / 09

The form was the single biggest drop‑off point. It was rebuilt field‑by‑field: fewer required fields, inline validation instead of end‑of‑form errors, and progressive disclosure so nothing intimidating shows up before it's relevant.

Before
  • One long form, 18 fields visible at once
  • Errors only shown after full submission
  • No progress indicator
  • Employment & income fields upfront, before eligibility was known
After
  • Grouped into 3 short steps, ~6 fields each
  • Inline validation as each field is completed
  • Persistent progress bar with step labels
  • Income & employment asked only after eligibility is confirmed
RBI‑registered NBFC partner badge on every form step
256‑bit encryption note beside PAN/Aadhaar fields
Live applicant count ("12,400+ applied this month")
Google rating + review count in the page header
Part 02 · Calculators

Let visitors do the maths before they apply

06 / 09

An EMI calculator was embedded directly on card pages so a visitor could size their own commitment before starting an application — try it below.

EMI Calculator
Embedded on every credit‑card and loan‑against‑card page
Loan amount₹1,00,000
Tenure12 months
Interest rate (p.a.)14%
Live, client‑side — try the sliders
Monthly EMI
₹8,908
Total payable: ₹1,06,896
Part 02 · Comparison Tool

Card vs. card, side by side

07 / 09

A lightweight comparison module sits on every category page, letting a visitor weigh two cards on the fields that actually decide a choice — fees, rewards, and eligibility — without leaving the page.

SBI CardPopular
Joining fee₹499
Reward rate2 pts / ₹100
Min. income₹25,000/mo
Approval time~4 days
VS
Axis CardFestive pick
Joining fee₹0 (offer)
Reward rate1.5 pts / ₹100
Min. income₹20,000/mo
Approval time~3 days
Part 02 · The Conversion Result

What the redesign moved

08 / 09
Form completion rate
42% → 68%
Step‑based form with inline validation, against the old single‑page form.
Application drop‑off
−38%
Largest single gain came from reordering income/employment fields after eligibility.
Calculator → application
1 in 4
Visitors who used the EMI calculator went on to start an application.
Note: conversion‑stage figures (form completion, drop‑off, calculator‑to‑application) are illustrative placeholders shaped to match the work described. Swap in your real numbers before sharing this externally — the demand‑stage figures (organic visitors, CPL) are as given.
Closing

One funnel, two disciplines

09 / 09

SEO and paid built cheaper, more qualified demand. Layout, flow, form, trust signals, calculators and comparison tools made sure that demand didn't leak out before it converted. Together: more visitors, at a lower cost, completing more applications.