Take your business online

The City of Karratha’s Take Your Business Online (TYBO) Grant Scheme provides eligible businesses with up to $5,000 (excl. GST) per business, matched dollar for dollar, to enhance their digital capabilities and marketing efforts. The aim is to boost competitiveness, innovation, and operational efficiency across their products and services.

You can apply for this grant if you:
•    Are a business with a registered ABN;
•    Operate within the City of Karratha area;
•    Have a project that will improve the digital capability of your business;
•    Have products and/or services that are market-ready or already operating;
•    Able to complete your project without grant funding if you are not successful with your application; and
•    Have the appropriate insurances, permits and/or licences for your business. This includes if you are operating from home that you have the appropriate planning approvals from the City of Karratha. 
 

You can apply for projects aimed at enhancing your digital capacity and online marketing presence. This may include activities such as:
•    Web design;
•    Social media management;
•    E-business development;
•    Development of online learning or membership portals;
•    Development of customer relationship management systems;
•    App development;
•    Search engine optimisation; and/or
•    Digital marketing.

Projects must be able to be completed within six months of your grant being approved.
 

Unfortunately, this grant is not for:
•    Business operating expenses such as staff wages, rent, utilities, and consumables;
•    Projects that you have done in the past.
 

Submit your application on the online form, including all the following information and attachments:

• Description of your business
• Details of the project you are planning to undertake
• Details of how the project will benefit your business and the broader City of Karratha community
• Details of how you will measure the success of your project
• An explanation of how your project will enable innovation in your business
• Details about how long your project will take to complete
• A project budget with quotes attached showing costs excluding GST
   

No worries! The TYBO Online Application Form will be open year-round in 2024/25.

You can submit an application at any time. 

There are three ‘rounds’ scheduled. Any applications submitted prior to the dates will be assessed after those dates. 
•    3 September 2024
•    12 November 2024
•    25 February 2025

Applications will be reviewed and assessed by a panel of City officers once the grant round has closed. Your application will be assessed against how well it meets the following criteria:
•    Eligibility requirements; 
•    Benefits and evidence of need for this project is clearly shown for your business and the local economy;
•    Quality of your application including a project plan, measurable outcomes and innovative solutions; and
•    Appropriate quotes are attached.
 

Both successful and unsuccessful applicants will be notified on the outcome of their application 4-6 weeks after the assessment ‘round’ has closed. If successful, this is when you can commence your project.

If your grant application is successful, you will be asked to sign and return the City’s conditions of grant funding form to confirm that you accept the conditions of the grant. These include:

• All conditions in accordance with Council Policy: DE01 Take Your Business Online grants scheme policy
• The City must be specifically acknowledged by displaying the City’s logo on your website and marketing materials that relate to this funding
• Only expenses approved in your application and in accordance with Policy may be claimed
• Any grant funds that are unspent at the completion of the project or activity are to be returned to the City of Karratha within 60 days of the completion of the project. If not, they shall be treated as Council debt
• If grant monies are not used or acquitted within six months of notification of the City of Karratha’s grant approval, all monies allocated will be forfeited will be forfeited unless a written request for extended time is received and approved by the City
• The Acquittal / Evaluation report must be submitted within 60 days of project completion.
   

• Once you have signed and returned the conditions of the grant you’re away! You can start your project.
• Once you have started your project and made a payment to your contractor for the work, you can submit the receipt for payment along with an invoice for 50% of your approved grant funding to the City for processing.
• The remaining project grant funding can be claimed on project completion and acquittal.
   

Once you have completed your project and paid all of your project related expenses you need to submit:

• An acquittal form
• Copies of all receipts for completed work
• The invoice for the remaining 50% of your grant funding

Once the acquittal has been submitted the City’s officers will check that you have spent the grant funds as agreed and will write to you to confirm your acquittal has been accepted. If, for some reason, there’s an issue we’ll get in touch to resolve it with you.
 

We get it, things change! 

If you need to adjust your plans, get in touch with us straight away and we can work through the process with you to make sure that your new project is still eligible for the grant funding, or provide you with your options.
 

For any queries about the Take Your Business Online grant get in contact with the City and one of our friendly staff will help you with your questions.
Phone: 9186 8555 
Email enquiries@karratha.wa.gov.au