Where the hours go

The work that piles up

Support tickets pile up as sales grow

Where-is-my-order emails, returns and product questions grow with every sale, and slow replies turn into chargebacks and bad reviews.

Listings fall behind the catalog

New products wait days to go live, and older listings carry outdated photos, prices or descriptions that hurt conversion.

Orders need hands-on fixes

Address changes, failed payments, split shipments and lost parcels all need someone to step in quickly.

Marketplace health needs daily attention

Account health warnings, stranded listings and inventory mismatches can quietly cost sales on Amazon if nobody checks every day.

Roles

Who we place for e-commerce

Tasks you can hand off

  • Answer customer emails and chats about orders, returns and products
  • Process refunds, exchanges and order edits within your policy
  • Create and optimize product listings with titles, descriptions and images
  • Update prices, variants and inventory counts
  • Monitor marketplace account health and fix stranded listings
  • Coordinate with suppliers and your fulfillment partner
  • Moderate product reviews and respond to public feedback
  • Report weekly on tickets, returns and listing performance

Common tools in this work

  • Shopify
  • Amazon Seller Central
  • Gorgias or Zendesk
  • Klaviyo
  • ShipStation
  • Helium 10
  • Canva
  • Google Sheets

Reviews and marketplace policies

Never ask a VA to write, buy or filter reviews. The FTC's rule on consumer reviews bans fake reviews and review suppression, and marketplaces like Amazon suspend accounts for review manipulation. Your VA can respond to reviews and follow each platform's policies for requesting them.

Stores grow faster than their teams

In e-commerce, every sale creates work: a confirmation question, a shipping update, sometimes a return. At some point the founder is answering tickets at midnight instead of sourcing products or running ads. That’s the moment for an e-commerce VA.

Two specialist roles

Stores with high ticket volume often add a dedicated customer service representative, and a graphic designer for product images and ads.

Grow without breaking customer experience

The fastest way to lose a growing store’s momentum is slow support and messy listings. A VA with store experience keeps both under control, and a weekly report on tickets, returns and listing issues shows you problems while they’re still small.

FAQ

Common questions

What should an e-commerce VA take over first?

Customer support, in most stores. It's the most frequent work, the easiest to check, and the quickest to improve reviews and repeat purchases. Listings and marketplace upkeep usually come next.

Do you place VAs for both Shopify and Amazon?

Yes. The platforms need different skills, since Amazon has its own rules, account health system and listing requirements, so we scout for experience on the platform you sell on.

Can a VA handle our email marketing too?

Some can, especially if they've used Klaviyo or a similar tool. For a serious email program, an email marketing specialist is a better fit than adding it to a support role.

How do we protect customer and payment data?

Give your VA a staff account with only the permissions they need, never your owner login. Most stores let you hide payment details and restrict refunds above a set amount.

Tell us what's slowing your business down.

Book a 30-minute discovery call. Bring your task list and a budget range, and we'll show you what to delegate first.

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