Ecommerce ✦ Catalogue ✦ Dedicated
Product lister &
catalogue assistant
Hundreds of products built properly — data structured, images processed, variants and attributes complete, marketplace formats matched — because an incomplete catalogue is invisible to search and to filters.
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$14/hrFrom, + GST · full-time
Up to 70%Vs. a local hire
Volume workHundreds, not dozens
~2 wksBrief → first day
An incomplete catalogue cannot be found or filtered
Product data is the plumbing of ecommerce. Missing attributes mean the product does not appear in a filter. Thin descriptions mean it does not rank. Inconsistent variant naming means the customer cannot choose. Wrong image dimensions mean the grid looks broken.
Fixing it is not skilled work, but it is enormous work, and it is the reason most catalogues are half-finished. Nobody has three uninterrupted weeks to do data entry.
This is the clearest volume role in ecommerce, and the improvement is measurable — completed attributes change what a filter returns, and completed content changes what search returns.
What they build
- Bulk product creation — Products built from supplier data or your spreadsheets, with every field populated rather than the minimum.
- Attribute and specification data — The unglamorous fields that drive filters and comparison — dimensions, materials, compatibility, care.
- Variant structures — Sizes, colours and options structured and named consistently so the selector works and stock maps correctly.
- Image processing — Cropped, resized, background-cleaned where needed, named to your convention and ordered sensibly.
- Marketplace formats — Feeds and templates prepared to Amazon, eBay and channel-specific requirements.
- Category and taxonomy work — Products placed correctly, taxonomy tidied, duplicates merged.
- Content SEO fields — Titles, meta descriptions, alt text and handles filled in properly rather than left as defaults.
What stays with you
Execution at volume travels. Product decisions and pricing do not.
- PricingThey enter your prices. What you charge is your decision.
- Range decisionsWhat to stock, drop or discontinue is a commercial call.
- Brand copy standardsThey write to your brief; the voice and claims are approved by you.
- Supplier negotiationNot a listing role.
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Questions
Frequently asked
How many products can they do a day?
It depends entirely on data quality and complexity — clean supplier data with images might be sixty to a hundred simple products a day; building from PDFs and photos might be fifteen. We would rather set the expectation from a sample than quote a number that flatters us.
Can they write the product descriptions?
To a template and brief, yes, and it works well for patterned categories. For products where the description is the marketing — apparel, beauty, anything aspirational — brief them tightly or keep the copy in-house and let them handle the data.
Will the data be accurate?
Build a check step for the first few hundred products, then spot-check. Accuracy in catalogue work comes from a clear spec and early sampling, not from hoping.
How much does it cost?
From $14/hr + GST full-time — up to 70% less than a local hire, with no placement fee. Run your numbers →
Full-time, part-time or fewer hours?
Forty hours a week is our standard engagement and twenty is common. Below that we look at fifteen, ten or even five hours to get a role started, priced accordingly — a smaller engagement costs a little more per hour because the recruiting and management effort is the same. Plenty of clients begin at ten hours and grow the role once they see what comes off their desk.
Is there a minimum term?
Three months, then month to month. It's the same runway you'd give a new local hire to learn your systems, your clients and your standards — and the team members who get a fair run are the ones who stay for years. There are no exit penalties at any point, and if the issue is the person rather than the role, the first-week refund and free replacement cover that separately.
How do you handle confidentiality?
The same way you'd treat any remote team member. Every placement signs an NDA and a confidentiality clause before day one, and they work inside your systems — your email, your CRM, your file storage — so you control what they can see and can revoke access instantly. No client data is stored on our side.