Fri, 11th Dec, 2020

The Local Enterprise Offices have announced they will be ending the 90% grant support to SME's for eCommerce websites from 31st December 2020.

Grow your business with help from the Local Enterprise Office grant scheme, designed to assist small businesses. The Trading Online Voucher offers financial assistance of up to €2,500 along with training and advice to help your business trade online.

It is essential that you contact your Local Enterprise Office prior to discussing your Trading Online Voucher proposal prior to your grant application.

For anyone interested in this scheme they should attend one of the Local Enterprise Offices free mentoring clinics or Trading Online Vouchers information seminars for expert advice on how to make the most of the scheme on offer. 

Please contact your Local Enterprise Office to discuss your plans prior to application.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Vouchers will be available to a maximum value of €2,500 or 90% of eligible expenditure (Exclusive of VAT), whichever is the lesser
• Voucher approval must be gained prior to incurring any expense
• Own labour is not an eligible expense
• Third party costs only will be considered
• All third party/supplier invoices must contain proper business details (e.g. Tax and Business Registration details)

 

The Trading Online Vouchers are targeted at businesses with the following profile:

Limited Online Trading presence;

• 10 or less employees
• Turnover less than €2m
• Applicant business must be registered and trading for at least 12 months
• Business must be located in the area covered by this phase of the scheme i.e. within the remit of the participating LEOs

 

The Dotser Commerce solution from Dotser, includes everything you need to sell online, with the added benefit of Dotser's Digital Marketing Strategy:

• Define your ecommerce business goals & objectives
• Evaluate your competition
• Define your target audience & ecommerce website visitors
• Evaluate and refine your ecommerce website content
• Identify the most effective target keywords for use on your ecommerce website

All of the above is included, combined with a fully-functional online sales platform offering all the important elements you need to manage and sell your products online with an effective ecommerce solution.