Online Merchants

Conduct retail activities of businesses operating exclusively online. May perform duties such as preparing business strategies, buying merchandise, managing inventory, implementing marketing activities, fulfilling and shipping online orders, and balancing financial records.

On the job, you would:

• Fill customer orders by packaging sold items and documentation for direct shipping or by transferring orders to manufacturers or third-party distributors.
• Receive and process payments from customers, using electronic transaction services.
• Create, manage, or automate orders or invoices, using order management or invoicing software.

Education

• bachelor's degree
• high school diploma/GED

Arts and Humanities

• English language

Business

• sales and marketing
• customer service

Communications

• multimedia

Engineering and Technology

• computers and electronics

Basic Skills

• reading work related information
• listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

Social

• looking for ways to help people
• talking people into changing their minds or their behavior

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Conventional

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

• Attention to Detail
• Dependability
• Initiative
• Persistence
• Integrity
• Adaptability/Flexibility

Verbal

• read and understand what is written
• communicate by speaking

Ideas and Logic

• notice when problems happen
• use rules to solve problems

Math

• add, subtract, multiply, or divide
• choose the right type of math to solve a problem