{"id":32609,"date":"2026-05-30T14:35:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernbid.com\/?p=32609"},"modified":"2026-08-10T08:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T08:49:09","slug":"e-commerce-workshop-in-sumy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernbid.com\/en\/news-events\/e-commerce-workshop-in-sumy\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Bid organizers of an e-commerce seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"32609\" class=\"elementor elementor-32609 elementor-32608\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0809c0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b0809c0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2e228c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2e228c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>The Western Bid Company, with the support of Sumy City Council, organized an e-commerce seminar in Sumy<\/h3><p>\u200dOn March 16, 2023, a seminar &#8220;International online platforms for Ukrainian producers of author-made goods&#8221; took place, organized by Western Bid with the support of the Entrepreneurship Department of Sumy City Council.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u200dThe event took place at Sumy Business Hub and 50 participants joined, including both active sellers on international marketplaces and beginners who plan to start selling.<\/p><p>\u200dThe meeting was moderated by a Western Bid representative in Sumy, Serhiy Khvostov, and two company experts joined as speakers:\u00a0<\/p><ul role=\"list\"><li>Oleksandr Radich with a topic on overcoming financial and logistical barriers on the path to international sales.<\/li><li>Victoria Zhidok, who shared information about the Etsy platform and details to pay attention to in order to improve the chances of good sales.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u200dLocal TV channel STS shot a report about the meeting:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e684d4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"e684d4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=RNb-pnUhW6M&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e853eba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e853eba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffc40bc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ffc40bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A practical intensive course on the development of international e-commerce in Sumy. 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