--- title: "Product Listing Virtual Assistant UK from £5/Hour | Ant Assist" description: "A dedicated product listing virtual assistant for your UK store from £5 per hour: listings written and optimised." url: "https://ant-assist.com/services/ecommerce/product-listing-catalogue-management/" --- E-commerce VA · Product Listings and Catalogue # Product Listing Virtual Assistant A catalogue is never finished. One dedicated VA keeps every listing complete, consistent and inside each marketplace rule, so no gap costs you a sale. Here is what they do and what it costs. Listings written · Catalogue kept complete · Images and attributes · Every channel [Calculate your savings](https://ant-assist.com/calculator/) · [Book a free 15-min call](https://ant-assist.com/book/) ✓ From £5/hour · ✓ UK-managed · ✓ Dedicated VA, not shared · ✓ 3-month probation, no penalty to leave Rated 5.0 on Google. · Trusted by our clients Updated 19 October 2026 Trusted by businesses ## Our Clients What They Handle ## What a product listing VA does ### Writes and optimises listings Titles, bullet points, descriptions and backend keywords for Amazon; full product pages for Shopify; item specifics for eBay; from your product information and brand guidelines. ### Builds new products across channels Takes a new product from your spec to a live listing on every channel, with the same facts, the same images and the right attributes for each platform. ### Keeps attributes and variants complete Sizes, colours, materials, dimensions, compatibility: the fields that decide whether a product shows in a filter or a search. ### Manages images and media Names, orders, sizes and replaces images to each platform's requirements, and flags the products whose images are letting them down. ### Audits the catalogue Finds the incomplete, inconsistent and suppressed listings, fixes them in priority order, and reports what changed. ### Prices, promotions and updates Applies price changes, discounts and seasonal updates across channels in one pass, without a product being missed. Dedicated vs project ## A dedicated listing VA vs a one-off listing project A one-off project gets the catalogue clean once. Six weeks later the drift has started again, and the agency that did the project has moved on. A dedicated VA keeps the catalogue clean every day and writes each new listing the way the last one was written. A UK team supervises quality. Ant Assist ### Dedicated listing VA **How it works** Keeps the catalogue clean every day **After delivery** Writes each new listing as the last was written **Best for** Catalogue work measured in accuracy at volume **Ant Assist fit** UK team supervises; replaced with handover if needed ### One-off listing project **How it works** Gets the catalogue clean once **After delivery** Drift starts again within six weeks **Best for** Cleaning up a catalogue once **Ant Assist fit** Not provided by Ant Assist [Book a free 15-minute discovery call](https://ant-assist.com/book/) ## Explore more VA types Not the right fit? Compare other VA types - [Explore Admin Support](https://ant-assist.com/services/admin/) - [Explore Customer Service](https://ant-assist.com/services/customer-service/) - [Explore Lead Generation](https://ant-assist.com/services/lead-generation/) Who It's For ## Who a product listing VA is for 1. Brands launching products monthly Your VA turns each spec into consistent listings on every channel. 2. Sellers with thin product attributes Missing sizes, colours and dimensions filled in priority order. 3. Stores with inconsistent listings One name, one price and the right image on every channel. 4. Sellers with suppressed listings Your VA fixes suppressed Amazon listings and keeps them compliant. Cost Comparison ## What a listing VA costs With Ant Assist the entry rate is £5 per hour for the first 6 months on the Entry tier, 3 months on Mid, 1 month on Expert. A dedicated Ant Assist VA compared with a UK in-house hire and a UK agency, full time. | What you get | Recommended Ant Assist | UK in-house hire | UK agency | |---|---|---|---| | Monthly cost | Standard price £1,040 a month, introductory price £800 for the first 6 months | ~£3,100 | approx. £3,500 to £4,500 | | Who manages the work | Included Our UK team supervises | Not included You do | Partly The agency | | Recruitment and onboarding | Included Included | Not included You recruit and train | Included The agency matches | | Employer NI and pension | Included None to pay | Not included You pay both | Partly Built into the rate | | Office and equipment | Included Included | Not included You provide | Partly Varies by agency | | Holiday and sick cover | Included Cover provided | Not included You find cover | Partly Varies by agency | | Replacement if it is not right | Included Replaced, no restart cost | Not included Re-hire from scratch | Partly Varies by agency | | Contract | Included 12-month term, 3-month probation | Not included Employment contract | Partly Varies by agency | Entry offer: standard rate £6.50, introductory offer £5/hour for your first 6 months. UK agency figures are an approximate range around the £25 per hour agency benchmark our calculator uses. [Book a free 15-min call](https://ant-assist.com/book/) ### What the £5/hour entry rate includes - Dedicated VA, never shared - UK-hour aligned support - Management and supervision included - Recruitment and onboarding included - Office infrastructure included - VA replacement available - No NI, pension, or holiday costs - 3-month probation, no penalty to leave These are typical estimates. Get your exact numbers in the full calculator. Or read [how much a virtual assistant costs in the UK](https://ant-assist.com/resources/virtual-assistant-cost-uk/). [Calculate your exact savings](https://ant-assist.com/calculator/) Process ## How to hire a listing VA 1 First call A short call about your tasks, your tools and the hours you need covered. 2 Matching We pick a VA from our in-house team for your work and introduce them to you. 3 Onboarding Together we write down your rules and set up your access before day one. 4 Live Your VA starts on your hours from our managed office, supervised from the UK. 5 Ongoing management A UK team reviews the work each week; hours scale up or down as you need. ## Guides for this service - [The cost of not hiring an e-commerce VA](https://ant-assist.com/resources/cost-of-not-hiring-an-ecommerce-va/) - [E-commerce tasks to delegate to a virtual assistant](https://ant-assist.com/resources/ecommerce-tasks-to-delegate/) - [How to hire a VA for e-commerce: the UK guide](https://ant-assist.com/resources/how-to-hire-a-va-for-ecommerce/) - [How to hire an e-commerce virtual assistant](https://ant-assist.com/resources/how-to-hire-an-ecommerce-va/) Why Managed ## Why a managed listing VA beats a project or a freelancer Managed, not just placed. Your VA is recruited, trained and supervised from our own in-house office. Not a project, not a freelancer profile. Replaceable without restart cost. If the fit is wrong, we replace the VA and carry the handover. No re-recruitment, no starting from zero. No NI, pension, or holiday overhead. One hourly rate; the employment costs sit with us. Language and cultural alignment with UK customers. Trained on your brand voice before they write a listing. Your data stays yours. Every VA signs an NDA and a data-processing agreement, works inside your accounts through password managers, and you can revoke access at any time. 3-month probation, no penalty to leave. The initial term is 12 months, including a 3-month probation in which you can end the engagement without penalty. After 12 months it continues monthly with 30 days' notice. FAQ ## Common questions about hiring a product listing virtual assistant ### What does a product listing virtual assistant produce each week? New listings written from your product information and brand guidelines, in the right shape for each platform: full product pages for Shopify, titles, bullet points, descriptions and backend keywords for Amazon, item specifics for eBay. Existing listings are kept complete and consistent, images named and ordered to each platform's requirements, and a short report says what was created, fixed or flagged. ### Can the VA fix suppressed or incomplete listings, not just write new ones? Yes. A catalogue audit finds the suppressed, incomplete and inconsistent listings first, then fixes them in priority order: the bestsellers with missing attributes before the long tail. Amazon suppressions are corrected within Amazon's rules, and the fix is recorded so the same product does not drift again next month. ### Where does the product information come from? From you: your spec sheets, supplier data, images and brand guidelines. The VA turns that into listings and never invents a claim, a dimension or a compatibility note that is not in your source material. Gaps in the source data are listed back to you as questions rather than filled in. ### Will the listings sound like my brand? Your brand guidelines and your existing best listings are the onboarding material, and the first listings are reviewed by you before the VA writes at volume. After that, each new listing is written the way the approved ones were, and a UK team supervises the quality. ### How does a listing VA keep three channels consistent? One product record, one set of facts and images, and the platform-specific fields added for each channel. Price changes, discounts and seasonal updates are applied across all channels in one pass, and the audit checks that the same product carries the same name, price and images everywhere. ### What does a product listing virtual assistant cost? The entry rate is £5 per hour for the first 6 months on the Entry tier. After the promotion the e-commerce rate card applies: £6.50 per hour full time, £1,040 a month for 160 hours, or £6.80 per hour part time, £544 a month for 80 hours. For a large backlog, hours can start high for the clean-up and settle to a maintenance level afterwards without penalty. Didn't find your answer? Browse [more common questions](https://ant-assist.com/help/) in the Help Center. Get Started ## A catalogue that sells, kept that way. One dedicated listing VA, from £5 per hour. Book a free 15-minute call. [or book a free 15-minute call](https://ant-assist.com/book/) [Calculate your savings](https://ant-assist.com/calculator/) Discovery call · Role brief · VA matched · Onboarded into your tools A free 15-minute call, no obligation. Or get an instant estimate with the calculator.