Selling Online
It has and continues to be a strange time for many. However, the one thing lock down did show was the demand for online buying. We saw a significant increase in online sales across a number of product and service ecommerce websites since April 2020. Along with an increase in demand for buying local online – your customers want to support you online and offline in 2020 so make sure you are selling online!
If you are not already selling online you need to seriously consider it. Traditionally (is the internet old enough!), from October online sales would increase with the Christmas and Thanksgiving buying spree. It’s likely, this will increase this year with some people who would have normally bought offline not wanting to go in to shops and buying online instead! You need to have your product or service available online for sale, to retain some of your existing customers and capture new customers. There are a number of ecommerce / selling online supports available which you can check out below. We have also launched a number of ecommerce websites over the Summer and we want to give these a shout out:
Buyingonline.ie – this is a small directory we created to list as many Irish SMEs we could find selling online, to help promote their website – #lookforlocal
ModernFashions.ie – bridal and mother of the bride fashion
Sillisprepveg.ie – fresh fruit and veg
Golo.ie – insurance for home, farm and business
Depaor.ie – marketing and pr advice in the agri sector
FankandPollykids.ie – kids clothing and fashion
AvidaBoutique.ie – casual, office and special occasion fashion
Selling Online Supports and Grants
Local Enterprise Office TOVs – Trading Online Voucher, maximum €2500 or 90% grant available up to 30th of September 2020
LEO Monaghan TOV
LEO Louth TOV
LEO Cavan TOV
LEO Meath TOV
LEO Donegal TOV
LEO Fngal TOV
Trading Online Voucher /TOV Training Dates
Intertrade Ireland – Emerge programme currently open
Enterprise Ireland – Online Retail Scheme closed at the moment but may reopen again in 2020. Minimum grant €10,000 maximum around €40,000
Enterprise Ireland – Business Improvement Grant ongoing