Pre-registration is now complete for the 2011 competition.

If you are already in possession of a form you have until midnight tomorrow to get the completed form and supporting project ideas and plans to the Sitemakers offices ready for the judging panel.

Sitemakers Ltd presents the LiquidShop Successful Ecommerce Award. The prize for the winner is an ecommerce website backed-up by support for a full 12 months to help make the venture a success. The winner will be an entrepreneur or business that can demonstrate to the judges that their ecommerce business idea has the most potential for success.

The competition is sponsored by leading names in the ecommerce world, including Sitemakers, PayPal and IMRG. The Judging panel will be assessing applications from March through to August, when the winner will be confirmed and the project started. The competition is also supported by Ecommerce Expo, with the winner being formally announced at the Ecommerce Expo event London on 11th October 2011.

The deadline for Sitemakers to receive application entries is midnight 5th August 2011

The prize includes the LiquidShop ecommerce platform and website design, hosting and on-going support from Sitemakers for 12 months.  Additionally the winner will get from our supporting sponsors:  The PayPal Express checkout, ISIS (Internet Shopping is Safe) and IDIS (Internet Delivery is Safe) accreditation along with associate membership from IMRG – all free for 12 months.

If you are running a fledgling ecommerce business or looking to start something new and believe you have what it takes to be successful then this competition is for you. We are looking for strong commercial ideas backed by a robust business plan.

The judging panel is drawn from all the contribiting sponsors and  details of the rules are available with the application.

To view the ecommerce site of our current winner (October 2011) go to www.love-local.com