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International eTrade

Take advantage of digital channels to sell throughout the world

You have an export company and still don’t sell online? You have started to sell through marketplaces and would like to improve your presence in them? Take advantage of digital channels to generate new international sales and opportunities and don’t lose custom to other companies that are already doing so!

International eTrade is the boost your company needs to transform its DNA and leverage the new digital channels you have at your fingertips. This service will provide you with sessions of awareness, training, individual counselling and support in implementing your online strategy in new markets.

If you wish to start exporting digitally or to sell to new markets, take advantage of the International eTrade initiative and activate new online channels to expand your international sales.

Would you like more information about the International eTrade service?

Tell us about your case and we’ll advise you!

International eTrade: The Services

  • eTrade Upgrade - Training

    Training is the key to start selling to the world online. ACCIÓ offers free training to learn about new methods and tools to design an internationalization plan through digital channels.

  • Help lines

    ACCIÓ provides you with help lines to improve your international online strategy. ACCIÓ Internacionalization Coupons, in terms of expansion, distribution and counselling, or a new line of funding for project implementation, are the two main actions.

  • Support from our International Offices

    Through the support of our ACCIÓ International Offices you can validate your strategy in the target market and connect with the most suitable suppliers to launch it. To which market do you want access? We can help you, request the service!

  • Open sessions

    Throughout the year, you have the opportunity to participate in open sessions and workshops in order to find out about the best strategies to expand your online sales to the world through the experience of experts. Find out about upcoming sessions!

International eTrade grants

Would you like to improve your company’s digital channels and boost its international presence? Do you need drive to do this? The International eTrade Grants will enable you work on promoting digital internationalization projects.

Whether you need to hire a marketing agency to develop a world digital strategy or wish to create a new international website for hosting an online store, these grants provide the drive you need.

The 2022 call is closed.

What do they offer?

The International eTrade grants are intended to improve your company’s digital channels and strategies with a view to boost its internationalization. The financing is intended to help companies with the following projects:

  • Web or e-commerce development and creation of international content.
  • Digital marketing actions and creation of international advertising campaigns.
  • Participation on electronic markets and presence in international digital directories.
  • Development and integration of digital tools to optimize international business.
  • Acquisition of digital tools to optimize international business.

 

The 2022 call is closed.

Related documentation

Addresses, cost and aplication

Who is it aimed at?

The International eTrade grants are aimed at small and medium-sized companies based in Catalonia that meet the following requirements:

  • They should have had a turnover of over 100,000 euros the year prior to the application.
  • They should have a website in a foreign language.
  • They should have an international promotion plan*.

The amount

Companies will receive a maximum of 50% of the subsidizable amount of the project, up to a maximum of 12,000 euros.

* To apply for the grant, the company’s international promotion plan must be in line with the plan of action.

Related documentation

eTrade Upgrade: training to make the leap towards international online sales

The digital environment is one of the main exponents of fast and constant evolution. In such a context, in order to sell online anywhere in the world, you need to master its tools and define the best strategies to make it possible to increase international sales.

Thus, ACCIÓ organizes free training courses* for a selection of professionals to learn new methods and facilitate the internationalization of their companies in digital channels.

International digital marketing and communication

Do you want to improve your knowledge in digital marketing and communication? Would you like to create a new international digital strategy for your company? The International eTrade training course, devoted to International Digital Marketing and Communication, will allow you to create a strategic online communication plan for your company and chart the path to international success.

In this 44-hour training, led by top professionals, students will analyze their company’s current situation, define the best strategy for each international market, and discover the best tools and actions to make it possible.

Would you like to participate and improve your company's international strategy? Sign up and make concepts like inbound marketing, SEM, digital advertising or email marketing your daily routine to grow internationally. 

The training course is closed.

 

*This training is co-funded through the European project Enterprise Europe Network and ACCIÓ.

Full course information

Support from our International Offices

The International eTrade initiative provides the chance to validate your digital strategy in the world’s most important eCommerce markets. To enable this, ACCIÓ provides you with the specialized local knowledge of its International Offices to corroborate the feasibility of your product or look for the most suitable suppliers.

Through the International Offices, the company will receive full support in implementing its strategy in several key areas:

  • Market validation. Analysis of the consumption of the product online, consumer profile, the competition and the search for the most suitable marketplaces.
  • Legal analysis and barriers. Analysis or accompaniment to records offices and with the necessary procedures that affect the product, the incorporation of the company, the need for personnel or the analysis of barriers (customs tariffs, language, trademark registration or payment methods).
  • Product adaptation. Support in the process of adapting the product, pricing or communications strategy.

This implementation service has a duration of between two and six months for companies and is co-funded by ACCIÓ. Request the International eTrade service!

Request the service from the International Offices
Do you wish to implement an international online strategy?

Request the service from the International Offices

International eTrade: experiences and publications

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