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Amazon rewards sellers who do the boring things relentlessly: listing upkeep, review monitoring, inventory checks, competitor tracking, case logs with Seller Support. None of it needs to be you. Filipino VAs have become the default back office of the FBA world — here’s what they handle and how to hire one properly.
What an Amazon FBA virtual assistant does
Product research support (running your criteria through Helium 10/Jungle Scout, building shortlists), listing creation and optimization (titles, bullets, backend keywords, A+ content coordination), inventory and shipment admin (restock alerts, FBA shipment plans, discrepancy cases), customer service (messages, review responses, refund handling within your rules), PPC admin (search-term reports, negative keywords, bid changes inside limits you set), and Seller Support case management — the endless ticket-chasing that eats seller evenings.
What it costs (2026)
General Amazon VAs run $500–$700/month full-time; experienced FBA specialists who can own PPC or catalog troubleshooting run $700–$1,200. That’s less than most sellers spend on software. Full cost breakdown: How Much Does a Filipino VA Cost? — and when you’re ready to pay them, here’s how payment to the Philippines works.
A warning about “Amazon VA course graduates”
Amazon VA courses are a boom industry in the Philippines and Pakistan, which means many applicants have certificates but no real seller-account hours. Filter with a paid test task on a real (or sandbox) problem: give them a suppressed-listing scenario or a messy search-term report and watch what they do. Process beats certificates — my job-post guide shows how to write the ad so real operators self-select.
Where to hire
Hire direct on OnlineJobs.ph — flat platform fee, you pay your VA 100% of their salary, no percentage skim (unlike Upwork). Search “Amazon FBA” in the resume database and you’ll see thousands of candidates; the $69 one-month Pro strategy covers the whole hiring window.
Bottom line: the sellers who scale aren’t doing their own case logs. A $600/month FBA VA frees 20+ hours a week for sourcing and strategy — the two things that actually grow the account.
Written from Mati City, Philippines.
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