Grow Your Business Online
The Grow Your Business Online program provides $2,400 to assist 90,000 small businesses nationwide (under $500,000 annual turnover). It helps enhance digital storefronts, boost e-commerce, and improve online presence, aiming to help businesses serve existing customers better, attract new ones, and stay competitive.
Who can apply?
Applications can only be submitted by a small business that meets all of the following criteria:
- Is a for-profit business (including for-profit social enterprises and co-operatives)
- Is a registered or incorporated business
- Is a consumer-facing business
- Can be accessed by consumers or provides in-person services to consumers
- Has at least one employee
- Must commit to maintaining digital adoption strategy for six months after participation in the program
- Must consent to participating in follow-up surveys, sharing information with the Government of Canada (ISED and Statistics Canada), and having the name of the business published as a recipient of funding
How much money can I get?
Eligible businesses will receive a micro-grant of up to $2,400 to help with the costs related to adopting digital technologies.
- Grants will be available through local and regional service providers across Canada
- The service providers will also support a network of e-commerce advisors who will advise and help small businesses adopt e-commerce
What can I use the money for?
Eligible costs include, but are not limited to, the following:
- implementation of a digital e-commerce plan (ex. online reservation/booking tools, online ordering systems, electronic payments)
- website search optimization
- installation of an e-commerce platform (including subscription fees/costs)
- back-office solutions to support an e-commerce strategy
- website development
- social media advertising
- creation of customer databases
Are there any ineligible costs?
Ineligible costs include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Costs of connectivity
- Costs related to the shipping of goods purchased through the e-commerce platform
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