Web Presence Assistance
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Eligibility & Details
What this program funds and who can apply
Program Description
Provides a 50% cost-share contribution to PEI businesses and local not-for-profits to create a website or upgrade an existing site to add e-commerce for the first time.
Eligibility Requirements
- Must be a PEI business or local not-for-profit organization located in Prince Edward Island.
- Applicant must not have a website, or must be upgrading an existing website to add e-commerce for the first time.
- Existing e-commerce websites, recent prior recipients (within two years), fishers, farmers, realty companies, and banks or financial companies are ineligible.
- Combined non-repayable government funding for the project cannot exceed 75% of eligible costs.
Quick Assessment
Funding Details
- Amount
- 50% of eligible costs, up to a maximum contribution of $1,000 (Tier 1, non-e-commerce site for businesses without an existing website) or $2,500 (Tier 2, e-commerce site for businesses without a website or upgrading an existing non-e-commerce site).
- Type
- Grant
- Level
- Provincial
- Co-Funding
- Up to 50% of eligible costs
- Deadline
- No deadline is published on the readable Innovation PEI page. The record's 'ongoing, applications reviewed first-come first-served' wording comes from the princeedwardisland.ca program page, which our fetcher could not read, so it is unverified.
Program Scorecard
Competition, effort, and approval at a glance
Everything you need to win Web Presence Assistance
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- 4-document checklist with what each reviewer is actually checking
- Insider tip from program officers on what separates winners
- 1-program stacking strategy to combine with compatible funding
- Success profile + evaluation criteria — exactly what reviewers score on
How to Win
Insider tips, common pitfalls, and what successful applicants look like
Insider TipChoose Tier 2 if you are upgrading an existing non-e-commerce site to add online sales; the higher $2,500 cap still applies.
Success Profile
Application Playbook
Step-by-step process, required documents, and expenses
Application steps not yet documented.
Required Documents 4
Eligible Expenses 4
Deadline Notes
Ineligible Organizations
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Funding Stack Strategy
Compatible programs, clawback risk, and combined funding potential
Compatible Programs
Clawback Risk
None RiskHow Web Presence Assistance Compares
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