Acceleration and Training Program in Cross-border eCommerce through Marketplace Ecuador 2021-2022

Within the framework of the initiative Mayors for eTrade Ecuador of USAID and eTrade Alliance , with the coordination of the eCommerce Institute , a complete Acceleration and Training Program is offered focused on acquiring the skills and resources that MSMEs need to internationalize sales through Global marketplaces and reach new markets.

EBay, DHL and Mastercard partners of this Program will provide qualifying companies with benefits and incentives to accelerate their cross-border operations.

The Mayors for eTrade Ecuador initiative in its phase 1 allows between 50 and 75 MIPYMES carefully selected and ready for electronic export to enter the Amazon and eBay markets, sell especially in the US market and access logistics solutions and cross-border payments.

Until October 31, 2021, the call to apply for Scholarships is open: women, artisans, rural areas and other minorities are encouraged to participate.

Interested parties may apply for the following proposals:

1) Amazon Seller Onboarding:

Training is offered by the eCommerce Institute.
Training provided by the eCommerce Institute is offered

Modality: live online course with hands-on format in order to implement in real time the necessary configurations to operate on Amazon.

Duration: 1 month, 2 times a week. Start November 22

Requirements: Medium and large Ecuadorian companies that are “e-export ready” with established online stores, ideally with experience in exporting.

Topics to talk about:

  • Cross-Border Trade, Payment Methods, International Logistics, Customs.
  • How to Research, Develop, and Sell in New Markets
  • Development of an International Marketing Plan
  • How to sell globally on Amazon
  • How to Dominate Online Advertising in Amazon’s Global Marketplaces

1) eBay Seller Onboarding

Join the eBay New Business Development Program!

Personalized training is offered by an eBay representative, and is focused on training companies in the correct use of the platform, best practices and sales growth within it.

Modality: online course with hands-on format in order to put into practice in real time the necessary configurations to operate on eBay.

Requirements: Ecuadorian companies that are “e-export ready” with established online stores, ideally with experience in exporting, and at least 5 products in one of the following categories with the greatest potential on eBay *:

  • Art and antiques
  • Business & Industrial
  • Cameras and Photos
  • Cell Phones and Accessories
  • Coins and bills
  • Collectibles
  • Computers, Tablets and Network Hardware
  • Entertainment Memorabilia
  • Jewelry and watches
  • Sports memorabilia
  • Videogames and Consoles
  • Auto and Truck Parts
  • handicrafts
  • Food
  • Beauty

* Each case will be evaluated to see if it meets the conditions and requirements to be part of the eBay New Business Development Program.

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Ecommerce for exportation

The Prosperity Fund is the UK government’s cooperation fund whose main objective is to promote sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction in developing countries. In Brazil, the Prosperity Fund’s Trade Facilitation portfolio aims, among other projects, to support micro, small and medium-sized companies to export and to have a better performance in the international market, with a special focus on businesses led by women and other minority groups.

Commerce has been suffering the direct consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and e-commerce has been for many a survival measure, whether for maintaining the sale of their products or seeking new opportunities to increase their sales.

With that in mind, the Trade Facilitation Program, in partnership with eBay and the eCommerce Institute, will provide training in e-commerce for Brazilian small and medium-sized companies interested in starting or expanding their sales internationally. The participation of small and medium-sized companies led by women and people of African descent is strongly encouraged. The Prosperity Fund will subsidize part of the training, which will be carried out by the eCommerce Institute, an organization that supports the Digital Economy in different countries in Latin America with the objective of promoting initiatives that consolidate and boost the world of business on the Internet. On the other hand, eBay, one of the largest marketplaces in the world, in addition to supporting training, will exempt companies from the monthly cost of creating and maintaining stores on its platform for a period of 6 months.

TRAINING IN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE FOR EXPORT

Through the Trade Facilitation Program in Brazil and the eCommerce Intitute, full scholarships will be granted to Brazilian micro and small companies.

  • Focus: online sales to new markets, primarily in South America.
  • When: from November to December 2020, including monitoring of activities implemented by the company in January/February 2021.
  • Format: 16 weeks, 180 hours, in Portuguese, online.
  • Main topics:
    • Demand in key markets
    • Strategies for entering international markets (via marketplaces or own store)
    • Logistics and payment management
    • Optimizing online presence
    • foreign trade rules
  • Profile of participants: companies that already have experience with e-commerce and online presence, interested in investing in expanding their business.
  • Investment: training and workshops will be 100% subsidized for scholarship beneficiaries (Regular Value R$11,000).
  • Number of vacancies: 35
  • Deadline for applications: November 18th

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GLOBAL MARKETS TO GET TO THE AMERICAS MARKETS ON EBAY (B2C SALES)

  • Focus: How to boost your sales to the US and Latin American countries through an eBay online store.
  • When: online modules taken between November 2020 and March 2021
  • Format: 7 online workshops, 5-hour individual training and personalized follow-up, in English.
  • Main topics:
    • How to Build Your eBay Store to Reach 200 Million Online Shoppers;
    • Logistics management; and
    • Optimization of online presence.
  • Profile of participants: companies that already have strong experience with e-commerce, online presence, minimum portfolio of 5 products and command of the English language.
  • Investment: training and workshops are free
  • Number of vacancies: 5
  • Format: 7 online workshops, 5-hour individual training and personalized follow-up. The course will be taught in English with the possibility of conversation in Spanish if necessary.
  • Deadline for applications: November 18th

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Achievement

Support

The Crossborder eCommerce training and acceleration program for Professional Services and Goods was presented, promoted by the Secretariat of Foreign Trade and the Santa Fe Global Agency of the Ministry of Production, Science and Technology, in conjunction with the Federal Investment Council (CFI) and the eCommerce Institute

Governor Omar Perotti participated in the presentation of the Ecommerce Crossborder training and acceleration program for Professional Services and Goods, a training tool designed to design and implement a comprehensive plan to promote exports through cross-border electronic commerce for MSMEs and professionals in the province, through its own online stores and / or marketplaces focused on the local, Latam, regional and global markets.

The program, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and the Santa Fe Global Agency of the Ministry of Production, Science and Technology, in conjunction with the Federal Investment Council (CFI) and the eCommerce Institute , is aimed at professionals and technicians who are interested in selling their services through digital platforms: engineers, architects, designers, lawyers, translators, developers and the like. Also, members of companies, entrepreneurs, SMEs and users in general who develop their activity in the productive sector of the province.

During the activity, Perotti highlighted that “Santa Fe is one of the main exporting provinces in the country. We export more than 20% and the world changes and its modes of trade change. The pandemic has put into force, markedly and rapidly, digital commerce, electronic commerce; and the traditional, which are the exported goods, the traditional products, the port, the container, it incorporates the possibility of exporting services and being able to use digital commerce channels ” , explained the governor of the province.

In that sense, the president acknowledged that “there the quantity is different, the type of product is another. Traditional goods will continue to be exported, but we also have the potential to export services, to export the talent of our people expressed in creativity. And it is there where knowing these tools seems essential to sustain this export capacity, that capacity of our people to know how to connect with the world and take advantage of opportunities, but fundamentally so that each one can do it from here, from their province, from each of the localities, ” added Perotti.

The governor added that “this is one of the tools that we want them to take advantage of, to be trained in this. It is a very good possibility for professionals and small companies to take this training nourishing themselves with these tools, that is where we add value. We add one more alternative to the training of our people, to value our talents and retain them in the province so that, from here, they can have their global company and can be linked to the world on a daily basis, “he remarked.

– ADDED VALUE

Meanwhile, the Minister of Production, Science and Technology, Daniel Costamagna highlighted that “Santa Fe has always been characterized by an export context with enormous diversification, which has to do with the extremely high competitiveness of exportable products. Know-how and knowledge are embedded in many of these products, an instance in which engineering, design, marketing and the high technological complexes that the world demands today have a lot to do with it. Therefore, the imprint of this management is related to added value, the export of knowledge and knowledge applied to products. This characteristic explains the high participation of professionals in this meeting, and we hope that this program will be very useful “said the official.

In providing details of the spirit of the training, the Secretary of Foreign Trade, Germán Bürcher, indicated that “we want all professionals to be able to learn about the tools available to offer their services abroad and to carry out a strategic plan for foreign trade. digital focused on the export of services and goods. We want professionals and service providers to be able to enter the world of cross-border, e-commerce or cross-border commerce, know the processes and the actors involved in it ”.

“In the world, ” Bürcher continued, ” these services are exported from different countries to different markets, and we look for professionals in the province to have the tools to get involved,” he added; Today it is not strange to see that a Santa Fe accounting firm provides services to a company in Brazil or the United States or that an English translator works for foreign productions. At the same time, a component is planned for SMEs that seek to internationalize tangible products ”.

The Secretary of Foreign Trade also reported that “the program has two major components: a training instance and an acceleration stage that involves coaching or mentoring the professional, service provider or SME.”

For his part, the General Secretary of the CFI, Ignacio Lamothe, stated that “when Santa Fe approached us with this idea of ​​propping up the exports of services, we saw a very interesting opportunity to do the first experience and then federalize the initiative. What is being done from the province has not yet been quantified in the country. We are anxious not to reach the end of the program, but to evaluate each stage so that, if we are obtaining good results, we can begin to think about a federal program. Electronic commerce has been growing worldwide and the pandemic has intensified it, structuring public policies on the matter is very timely ”.

Finally, the president of the eCommerce Institute, Marcos Pueyrredon, thanked the trust placed in the entity and the good articulation achieved with the parties involved. “We must ensure that professionals and SMEs meet the objectives established by the program. The pandemic context allowed digital channels to maintain business continuity and to boost economic recovery. This training seeks to explain how, in the current scenario from Santa Fe, we can take advantage of these opportunities, continue with what we are doing but with the possibility of more markets “, he stressed.

– PROGRAM DETAILS

All the activities of the program will be carried out 100% virtual and SMEs and professionals received more information in the Webinar held after the opening ceremony, an instance led by Marcos Pueyrredón and the Program Director, Sebastián Herrera.

In this first meeting, an introduction to the program was provided and served to address the importance of services and data in international online marketing and global competitiveness and commercial strategy to generate sales. While the second meeting will take place on June 23.

From the Santa Fe Global Agency it was reported that in the next few days the program will be available with details about the trainings, dates and registration process.


Source: www.reconquistahoy.com – Read the full article here

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