Virtual Assistant – eBay & Whatnot Listings

Company Overview

• The client has been a full-time reseller of toys and collectibles for 6–7 years, operating primarily on eBay with Whatnot as a secondary platform. The business focuses on hard goods — mostly action figures and collectibles (e.g. Marvel Legends) — and has been steadily growing. It has largely been a one-person operation, with occasional help from the owner's wife.
• Role Overview
• As inventory volume has grown, the owner can no longer keep up with creating listings at the pace he'd like. He's looking for a Virtual Assistant to take the listing-drafting work off his plate: turning product photos into ready-to-review listing drafts on eBay and Whatnot, so he can focus on sourcing, fulfillment, and growing the business. He will always do a final review and post the listings himself, so the goal is drafts that are as close to 'ready to launch' as possible.
• Key Responsibilities
•     Turn product photos sent by the client into listing drafts on eBay and Whatnot.
•     Research and fill in accurate item details — title, brand, franchise, character, theme/family, and other item specifics — using tools like Google Lens and comparable/competitor listings, supplemented by information the client provides.
•     Write eBay titles that follow the client's standardized style (e.g. 'Marvel Legends, Storm, action figure'), adapting to his preferences over time.
•     Build out full eBay listings with the level of detail eBay's category/item-specifics fields require (theme, franchise, character family, etc.) so listings surface correctly in buyer searches.
•     Build simpler Whatnot listings, which need far less detail — primarily an accurate title.
•     Leave all listings in draft form for the client's final review, edits, and posting — not publish listings directly.
• Skills & Tools
•     Comfortable navigating eBay's listing tools and item-specifics/category fields; Whatnot experience a plus but not required.
•     Resourceful at identifying unfamiliar items using tools like Google Lens and by cross-referencing similar/competitor listings.
•     Detail-oriented and consistent — able to learn and replicate a standardized title/listing style over time.
•     Comfortable working with toys, collectibles, and pop-culture/franchise items (Marvel, etc.); no prior fandom knowledge required, just willingness to learn.
•     Reliable, reasonable turnaround on batches of photos sent by the client (same-day/next-day, not same-hour).
• Logistics
•     Starts at 10 hours/week, with potential to grow to 20–30+ hours/week as volume increases.