What an AI agent can do for shops and online retail
An online shop needs thousands of small jobs done well: product descriptions, photos, prices, SEO, stock updates and customer replies. Our own 365-product shop is written and kept up to date by an AI agent, with a person approving the changes.
15 jobs an agent can take on
● largely automated, a person checks · ○ a person leads, the agent does the heavy lifting
- Product descriptions for the entire online catalogue
- Product photos on clean white backgrounds
- Lifestyle product images from simple packshots
- Window display concept with mood board
- Seasonal promotion campaign across shop and social
- Gift guides for Christmas and Mother's Day
- Working website prototype from a written brief
- Full product catalogue descriptions and SEO titles
- Accessibility audit with prioritised fixes
- Site speed report with specific improvement steps
- Online shop set up with products and categories
- Product images cleaned, resized and background-matched
- Full ad campaign in 40 variants for testing
- Monthly social media calendar with captions and images
- Competitor ad library review with messaging gaps
These come from our map of 1,080 jobs AI agents can already do. It is a starting point, not a complete list.
A real example
Hidden Home Technology: a design-and-install business run with an AI agent. Our working estimate is 4 to 45 hours of skilled work back for every hour Dan spends directing the agent.
How we help
We do not sell you a black box. Our two-day Build Your Own AI Agent course teaches you to set up, run and improve your own agent, on your own accounts, starting with one useful job from the list above. For larger teams we run workshops shaped around your organisation.
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Can it write our whole catalogue?
Yes. It can draft descriptions for every product from the supplier data, in your brand voice, for you to check in batches.
Will it help us be found on Google?
It can handle the SEO groundwork: titles, descriptions, internal links and structured data across the whole shop.
Other industries
- Trades and construction
- Pubs, restaurants and hospitality
- Events and weddings
- Design, video, photography and audio
- Architecture, interiors, lighting and AV
- Estate agents and property
- Accountants, lawyers and professional services
- Charities, councils and clubs
- Health, fitness and beauty
- Farming and rural businesses
We train businesses across Bath, Bristol, Somerset, Wiltshire, the Cotswolds and the South West.