Get involved with Shopify at Algonquin College

Posted on Monday, January 20th, 2020

ShopifyLooking to get started on your own digital storefront? Want to pick up some e-commerce tips and tricks? Algonquin College and Shopify are here to help!

A unique partnership between Algonquin College and Shopify, the Ottawa-based e-commerce giant, has resulted in the creation of close to 185 student-generated stores to date on Shopify’s platform, with opportunities open to many more student entrepreneurs with products or services to sell.

Under the partnership agreement, Shopify is giving two years of free access to its e-sales platform to any Algonquin College student who wants to participate. Christopher Doré, Professor and Co-ordinator, Business Management – Entrepreneurship, says the partnership is a natural fit with the College’s student body, especially for those with dreams of launching their own business.

“The partnership pairs an Ottawa-based company, where many of our grads have found employment, with our highly entrepreneurial students,” Doré says. “At orientation, I usually ask my students, ‘Who here wants to start a business?’, and 98 to 99 per cent raise their hand. They have come to us to gain the business skills to do so.”

Programs seeking access to the Shopify program for their students should contact Christopher Doré at dorec1@algonquincollege.com

Shopify Presentations and Workshops

Shopify is leading a series of presentations at the College in Winter 2020. Confirmed events include:

The Shopify Story — Creating Entrepreneurs: Selling Online with Shopify (Thursday Jan. 23, 12 – 1 p.m., DARE District Incubator, C278)
An introductory session on Shopify that covers the basics needed to start, sell, market and manage your online store. To sign up for this event, go here.

How to Sell Online: From Launch to First Sale (Thursday Feb. 13, 12 – 1 p.m.; location TBA)
This is an introductory session on e-commerce. In this presentation, learn more about selling online, cover some e-commerce strategy basics, and talk about finding your ideal customer and how to convince them to become a buyer.

Store Workshop – Create a Store and Start Selling: Build the Online Store of Your Dreams Workshop (Thursday March 5, 1 – 4 p.m.; location TBA)
Create your Shopify store: the workshop session walks you through what channels to sell on depending on your product, adding products to your store as well as demystifying questions around collections and best practices.


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