Every time you apply for a credit card or loan, each single inquiry from that lender will be recorded on your credit report making too many inquiries is a signal to a potential lender that you are a risky customer just shopping for credit and not for real funds.
True or not, a secured credit card may be the right type of credit card for you because it is secured by a deposit account owned by the cardholder. This deposit consists of 100% to 200% of the total amount of credit desired, that is held in a special savings account.
However, cardholders of secured credit cards still may expect to make regular payments as they would with any other regular credit card, with the only difference being the card issuer has the option of recovering the full cost of the purchases paid to the merchants out of the deposit if the cardholders does not pay their credit balance in a timely manner.
Most entities issuers of secured credit cards consider that if the cardholder does not make the required payment, the account must be paid anyway and before the security is released instead of taking the money from the security to pay the balance due. This is a risk for the cardholders...