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Add Digital Solutions to Your Site with a $2,400 Federal Grant
- Sell products and services online
- Give clients the ability to pay invoices online
- Have clients book appointments with you without calling your office
- Allow trusted partners to check inventory and place orders online
All of these functions are a part of what we commonly call “Ecommerce”, but notice that this includes much more than just online shopping
Automating or putting your sales or payment processes online can turn your website from an overhead cost into a profit centre.
Embracing Ecommerce can help you reshape your business, whether it’s “front facing solutions” for your customers, or “behind the desk” solutions that can increase efficiencies in the office.
There’s financial help available to add Ecommerce functionality to your site. The government of Canada offers a micro-grant of $2,400 to small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) to help them build, optimise, and promote new functionality on their sites.
The Grow your Business Online program is offered through Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Companies across the nation are taking advantage of this program and adding Ecommerce features to their online strategy.
This Canadian Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) grant can be focused on one of two major categories of site improvement:
A) Build or improve your Ecommerce platform
Improvements can include functions such as online ordering, online reservation/booking systems, online scheduling systems, online quote management systems, and shopping cart systems.
B) Optimise your current Ecommerce platforms
Optimizations can apply to functions like payment processing, inventory management, a product or service catalogue, logistics integration, customer relationship management, live chat, loyalty programs, mobile optimization, cybersecurity and AI powered automation.
If your plan includes one of the above, the CDAP program also allows funding for digital marketing tactics such as email and content marketing, search engine optimization, search engine marketing, social media marketing and advertising.
If you’ve been looking at your current website and wondering how to make it supercharge your business, call us for a consultation. We’d love to talk about examples of qualifying upgrades that could help your business.
Contact Paul Schmitt at 204-885-2469 x50 or reply to this message.
More information on CDAP’s “Grow Your Business Online” program:
- Read the eligibility criteria to make sure the program is right for you.
- Use the CDAP grant assessment tool to see if your business qualifies.
