If you have a street-level shop, you have until June 20 to apply for a grant from the Government of Catalonia and the Consorci de Comerç, Artesania i Moda to create an online store.
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Eligibility requirements
- All beneficiaries must permanently operate a street-level retail establishment.
- Beneficiaries must implement an eCommerce site fully available in at least two languages, one of which must be Catalan.
- The beneficiary must commission the eCommerce project from a company specializing in digital marketing.
- The eCommerce must have a payment gateway that meets SSL (Secure Socket Layer) certificate standards or, failing that, applies a security protocol (to ensure maximum security) for the encrypted transmission of data in credit card purchases.
- Beneficiaries must have had a continuous presence for at least 3 months before applying on at least two of the most common social networks (Facebook fan page, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.)
- The company’s strategic plan must include the use of mobile marketing techniques and the digital benchmarking actions it will implement in the eCommerce to add value to end-customer service.
- The eCommerce must have a suitable responsive design that enables fast checkout, as well as a service-oriented web architecture
- The eCommerce website must be fully operational before December 31, 2014.
Documents to attach to the application:
The eCommerce strategic plan, which must include:
- Address of the street-level shop.
- Hosting provider.
- eCommerce web address and the location of the app or mobile site, if applicable.
- Technical content of the project.
- Detailed budget for each action involved in building the eCommerce.
- Implementation schedule.
- Tools to monitor deviations from the strategic plan.
- eMobile or mobile site strategic sub-plan, if any. In that case, you must also submit the project’s technical content, the providers involved, implementation schedules, plan monitoring tools, etc.
- Professional credentials showing that the provider that built the eCommerce is an industry professional (other digital projects delivered, administrative accreditations, etc.).
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