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📌 Daily Credit Tip — Why “Too Many Small Limits” Hurts Your Score More Than You Think
Most people think the more cards you have, the better your credit gets. But if all your cards have tiny limits — like $200, $300, or $500 — you’re actually making it harder for your score to move.
Here’s why:
🧠 The “Small Limit Trap”
When your limits are low, even normal spending destroys your utilization.
Example:
- Limit: $300
- You spend: $90 on groceries
- Utilization: 30%That one grocery run already puts you in the “score drop” zone.
Low limits = high utilization almost instantly.
📉 Why this slows down your progress
Low-limit cards tend to:
- Report higher utilization
- Make it harder to stay under 10%
- Signal to lenders that you’re still a “high-risk beginner”
- Cause your score to bounce up and down every month
The problem isn’t that you have credit cards…It’s that your limits are too small to give you any breathing room.
📈 What actually helps your score
You want cards that:
1️⃣ Start at $1,000+ limits Even spending $100–$150 won’t hurt you.
2️⃣ Grow with you Cards that offer automatic credit limit increases help push your utilization DOWN over time.
3️⃣ Report clean usage High limits + low balances = predictable score growth.
🔥 Practical Example
Two people spend the same $200 this month:
Person A
- Limit: $300
- Utilization: 66%
- Score: Drops
Person B
- Limit: $2,000
- Utilization: 10%
- Score: Goes up
Same spending .Different limits. Different outcome.
🔧 Action Step for Today
Look at your cards and ask:
- “Are my limits holding me back?”
- “Which card should I request a CLI on?”
- “Should my next move be a better starter card, not another $300 limit card?”
Building credit isn’t about how many cards you have —it’s about whether the cards you have are actually helping your utilization.
👥 Need help choosing the right cards or boosting limits?
👉 Book a free credit consultation:https://calendly.com/zachsodano/credit-consultation-call
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📌 Daily Credit Tip — Why “Too Many Small Limits” Hurts Your Score More Than You Think
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