what is the trading online voucher scheme?

Trading Online Voucher

Keith DuffyLocal Enterprise Office Westmeath

Irish Online Sales

Trading Online VouchersVouchers to a maximum value of€2,500 will be available to small Irish businesses to enhance their online trading presence

€2,500

That have Limited Online Trading presence at the moment.

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 LEO.

Eligibility Criteria

Vouchers will be available to a maximum value of €2,500 or 50% of eligible expenditure.

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).

What can the Vouchers be used for?

• Digital Marketing Strategy.• Development or upgrade of an ecommerce

website.• Implementing online payments or booking

functions.• Customer fulfilment systems.• Internet related software• Development of an app/mobile responsive

websites• Online Advertising (30% of overall value of

voucher. (may be part of a Voucher implementation)

How will Voucher be assessed?• Will be scored against the following

criteria:Project suitability.Export Potential.Job Creation.Increased Online

Sales. Potential.Quality of ICT

proposal.

Evaluations will be conducted by a special LEO Westmeath committee who will make recommendations for approval.

This special committee is coming to together specifically to evaluate applications. (24th June)

With this in mind, applications have to be completed as comprehensively as possible.

Quotations have to be included. There are limited vouchers available and they will be

awarded on a first come first serve basis. Also note that if funding is applied for – the work has to be

completed within the 3 month period specified by the conditions of the funding.

Voucher with letter of offer will issue to successful appli Application is approved by LEO Westmeath.

The business must be in existence of some kind for 12 months.

It must have an online aspect.

No brochure websites allowed.

Google Adwords campaigns cannot make up all of any application, there has to be more to it than that

Applicant and supplier(s) sign declaration on the voucher and submit to Local Enterprise Office Westmeath.

Applicant must include the original invoice from the supplier(s), along with supplier(s) CRO and Tax Registration details when submitting claim for payment (only suppliers with these basic criteria in place are eligible)

Proof of payment to supplier(s) submitted by applicant toLEO (e.g. Statement from banking online)

All work must be completed and paid for prior to claim

3 Months Timeframe

The information relating to this grant can also be found at: https://www.localenterprise.ie/Westmeath/Financial-Supports/Trading-Online-Voucher-Scheme/

Recommend that the MS Word or PDF version of the application is used and filled in when applying for the grant.

* Recommend if the only online presence currently held is via Social Media that the url’s to this is provided i.e. www.facebook.com/abcdcleaning

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Be very specific and conciseUse bullet points where possibleMax 150 words

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With the help of a qualified Digital Marketing consultant, we also aim at analysing the different website traffic generation strategies, and build together a digital marketing plan to grow qualified website traffic, leads and returning customers. In the long term, there is no doubt the Online Trading Voucher is a great opportunity for us, as we can expect both employment potential and revenue growth.

The main objective is to upgrade our website to an ecommerce platform and exponentially grow our company sales. With a shopping cart software, automatic credit card payments and integrated email invoicing, sales handling is therefore going to be easier. Besides, a fully functional ecommerce website will free up a lot of management time, hence we can focus on lead generation and online advertising to acquire more customers and grow our sales in Ireland and abroad.

Help is Available.

Need Help with the Application Form Contact Me

Keith Duffy LEO Westmeath,

Tel: 044 9338945.

keith.duffy@leo.westmeathcoco.ie

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