Amazon seller business or business as a seller in Amazon has gone huge popular recently as we have seen a lot of new ecommerce sellers, both in B2B & B2C, have started their business in Amazon. This is no doubt a high profit making platform, however, we have seen a lot of businessmen are seeking business advices to make it play on his court. If you want to make strategies for your Amazon account, the best one is to depend upon an expert to handle things on right way. The choice would be to find a good quality virtual assistant to handle everything of your account to make it more profitable against a cost comparative wage.
If you need a technically strong assistant for your business it is always better to hire a virtual assistant rather than a native executive as it becomes,
1. The cost is almost 80% less than an in-house employee as the price too minimum on currency value difference.
2. They are experienced for years with tit-bits of the business.
3. Performance is almost same or even better, however, availability is higher than an in house employee
On a recent survey, it has been observed that US business is saving around $11,000 per year by hiring a cost comparative VA and the market is likely to cross $4 billion by 2025.
However, the whole success stands upon whom you are choosing as your Amazon VA. If you have to choose someone you must check that if he/she is enough capable to meet your requirements. Commonly your VA must have to be an expect different Amazon business procedures like product sourcing, product listing, amazon seller central and associated apps expert, customer support expert and a pro in Amazon case handling. You may find all these qualities in an expert or in an agency who can work for 24x7 against an unbelievable minimum cost.
Where to find a quality Amazon VA:
Go for VA recruitment apps where you would find a lot of people to choose from. There are many apps like Upwork, Freelancer, LinkedIn, Craigslist, Google career or others where there are many VAs have registered themselves for a suitable job for Amazon VA. You can send invitations or receive applications. Take interviews with tests and book a suitable one for you with cost comparison.
The key to get a suitable VA, follow these:
1. Create your own job description according to your requirement, do not copy
2. Apply the skills that you need
3. Don’t forget to your provide your business introduction in short
4. Focus on the portfolio of Amazon Expert VA to avoid other job seekers
5. Clear your conditions (hours, days, payments) clearly
When to find a VA for Amazon:
You are the best person understand the situation well. You may hire one expert from the very beginning or may start with an expert of a few things at the start and upgrade to better quality VA later on. I would suggest to start with a better expert from the beginning so that your account will be protected always. A VA can protect your account from bad reviews, other sellers’ policies, A to Z claims and unjustified claims. He can also boost up the sales and source unique products to decorate you store from the beginning.
Please check following issues before you hire, that your VA will be responsible for:
1. being available on weekends, holidays and festive days to control sales
2. being available on prime time during the day
3. be attentive to the messages within 24 hours
4. sourcing products continuously
5. protecting your account from negative review, A to Z claim, Amazon cases and maximum returns and refunds
Why to find a VA for Amazon:
We have discussed the reasons. On a repeat, I would say the main purpose is to protect the account from a lot of customer protecting Amazon policies and continue sourcing products and sell. It is the knowledge and experience of your VA that pull you out of the box.
An expert Amazon VA would know
1. How to protect the account from illogical claims, returns and refunds
2. How to handle Amazon account suspension
3. How to source winning product and keep the stock
4. How to increase sale in different times
How to find a VA for Amazon:
Already we know, how to find a VA – the basic procedure for it. You have to post an advertisement, take interviews and choose from applicants by checking your applicants’ experience levels. Another question comes that how you can make a VA successfully work for your account.
Here are some suggestions:
1. Hire one with proven results
2. Don’t negotiate remuneration to out of the standard level, remember, you have to have a budget your VA’s expense and that is an obvious cost for your Amazon business. You can’t have a quality expert at a inexperienced newcomer’s cost
3. Fix that what will be his duties and share those
4. Don’t put your nose in everywhere to clutch in his independence of work, however, don’t forget to keep an eye and get updated. If you have to replace one or recruit another, you have to know everything – at the end it is your business.
I hope I could clear things and give you a sense about it. Please let me know if you have any more query in this regard, I will try to explain in details.
Till then, I wish a Happy Business to you!
