Digital Main Street
ShopHERE - Creates Shopify online stores or integrates e-commerce functionality to your existing website. Available for independent small businesses and artists at no cost. Small businesses with less than 10 employees (or 25 for restaurants) are eligible for this program.
Digital Service Squads - Digital Service Squads (DSS) are teams of trained specialists who meet with small businesses, at no cost to help them improve their online presence, including developing a Google My Business profile, enhancing their social media presence and providing support for basic website and e-commerce set-up. Complete the form to set up a meeting with a St. Catharines DSS member.
Find out more about the Province-wide DMS initiatives at: https://digitalmainstreet.ca/.
Free webinar every Thursday at 11:30 a.m.
- How An Online Store Can Boost Your Business: Free Ontario Program
DMS Programs
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| Future Proof Detailed deep dive to support business transformation. It will ensure main street firms are well equipped to maintain clients, jobs and revenue in any economic storm, and continue to operate and grow in any climate. |
About Digital Main Street
Digital Main Street (DMS) is a program focused on assisting main street small businesses (MSB) with their adoption of technologies. Through a partnership with FedDev Ontario and the Province of Ontario, grant opportunities are available to enable this digital transformation process. The Digital Transformation Grant (DTG) program will provide funding for training, advisory support, and contributions to main street small businesses looking to increase their capacity through digital transformation.
Successes
All Figure
All Figure is using a Digital Transformation Grant to implement a search engine marketing and social media strategy to help drive more traffic to its website and bricks-and-mortar store.
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{Pocket}CHANGE used a $2,500 Digital Transformation Grant from Digital Main Street to give her website more than just a facelift. The grant helped her improve her website’s customer experience making her website easier to navigate and easier to find, which has resulted in more online and in-person sales.
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