Online Merchants, task by task.

The work this job is made of, grouped and scored on how much of its output software can produce today, then linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job. The full activity list is underneath.

Also filed here46
  • e tailer
  • e merchant
  • merchandiser
  • web merchant
  • web retailer
  • online merchant
  • online retailer
  • sales associate
  • e commerce clerk
  • personal shopper
  • internet merchant
  • internet retailer
  • e commerce analyst
  • e commerce manager
  • and 32 more
SOC code
13-1199.06
Activities scored
6
In O*NET
18 activities
Activities an agent can take on
5
Grounded in
O*NET 30.3
The tasks · Online MerchantsSOC 13-1199.06
88% · agentMostly automatable
82% · agentMostly automatable
80% · agentMostly automatable
75% · agentMostly automatable
64% · agentPartly automatable
18% · you keepBarely automatable
The team5 agents · 5 need no setup
Content & Marketing Agent
Adobe Photoshop · WordPress · Google Analytics
● No integration needed
Customer Support Agent
Email · Microsoft Outlook · Chat
● No integration needed
Financial Analysis Agent
Microsoft Excel · Intuit QuickBooks · Sheets
● No integration needed
Order Management Agent
Microsoft Excel · Email · Docs
● No integration needed
Business Planning Agent
Microsoft Excel · Microsoft Word · Google Analytics
● No integration needed
You keep this
Approve final pricing and business strategy decisionsOwn accountability for financial transactions and customer disputesPhysically package, label, and ship inventoryMake final go/no-go decisions on product sourcing and vendor relationships

Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.

Start with these three

The most automatable work in this job, and the one tool we would use for each. Every task has a page of its own with the reasoning and every occupation that does it.

Create product descriptions, images, and marketing content88% · drafting and content production · mostly automatable
Process payments and manage orders/invoices80% · recording, documentation and administration · mostly automatable

The full activity list

All 18 detailed work activities O*NET records for Online Merchants, grouped by how much of each one software can take on. Every row has its own page.

Barely automatable 1

Barely automatable activities for Online Merchants
ActivityJobs
Identify strategic business investment opportunities5