Finical Holdings

Building an organic acquisition foundation for a new payment-processing website.

Website: finicalholdings.com – In October 2023, Finical Holdings was acquired by Celero Commerce
Reporting period: 2019 to 2020 · 12 months from launch

Results & impact

Organic traffic

18K

From 0 to 18K monthly sessions

Indexed pages

120+

From 0 indexed pages

Top 10 keywords

700+

From zero keyword presence

Local pack rankings

100+

Local terms in Google’s 3-pack

Organic leads

150+

Qualified leads per month

GBP monthly views

3,500+

Google Business Profile

The challenge

The website started with no organic traffic, indexed pages, or established domain authority. It competed in a market dominated by Square, Stripe, and PayPal and needed a focused position around zero-fee processing, cash discounts, and SMB payments. Content resources, sitemaps, robots.txt, structured data, and local SEO foundations were absent despite Dallas-based operations.

SEO strategy & implementation

Built a search-friendly site architecture with clean URLs, a logical hierarchy, and optimized navigation.

Used competitor gap analysis to identify underserved long-tail topics.

Created content around merchant concerns, including fees, POS selection, compliance, and industry-specific solutions.

Established sitemaps, robots.txt, canonicals, Open Graph metadata, and JSON-LD structured data.

Created industry-specific service pages with localized content for Texas and nationwide markets.

Optimized the Google Business Profile for Dallas-Fort Worth payment-processing searches.

Built links through fintech publications, local directories, and industry partnerships.

Optimized speed and mobile experience, achieving PageSpeed Insights scores above 90.

THE OUTCOME

Built an organic presence from zero in a competitive payment-processing market, with search traffic and qualified merchant enquiries.

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