Thoughts:
“Every weak team starts with a weak decision – usually made in a hurry.”
“Good people don’t fall from heaven. They’re attracted, filtered, and trained.”
“If you want peace in ecommerce, don’t hope to find good staff – build the system that finds them.”
Some of you want staff that works like soldiers… but you’re hiring like it’s a dating app.
Swipe left. Swipe right. “This one looks serious.”
No structure. No system.
Then one month later, you’re in Telegram crying that your VA is lazy, your agent lied, your ad guy vanished.
I’ve been there. I’ve hired people based on “vibes and vibes alone.”
One guy told me he had “7 years experience in ecommerce”… only for him to ask me how to open process payment on delivery, the next day.
Hiring in Nigeria is wild.
But it’s also your fault if you’re doing it without a system.
Let me tell you something that will save your sanity:
Good people don’t fall from heaven. They’re attracted, filtered, trained, and managed.
It’s not about luck. It’s about structure.
The same way you wouldn’t ship products without tracking, don’t hire staff without a system.
If your team is weak, your entire business will suffer – ads, delivery, customer care, even your mental health.
You’ll be stressed, snapping at your spouse, and burning out.
All because one staff member is doing the work of “two ghosts.”
You want peace? Then you need a hiring system. Not another intern with CV and big dreams.
Here’s the exact method we use and teach inside Ecommerce Success Launchpad:
– ATTRACT – Don’t beg. Position.
Stop going online and posting “Looking for a VA. Please refer someone trustworthy.”
That’s not a hiring strategy – it’s desperation.
Instead, create a short, punchy job post that says who you’re looking for, what they’ll do, and what success looks like. No big grammar. Just results.
“Looking for a customer care person who can manage orders, reply WhatsApp customers fast, and keep my business organised. You must be proactive, ready to learn, and available during the day. Bonuses if you’ve worked with Ecommerce before.”
Then post it everywhere: WhatsApp groups, your Instagram story, job boards, even Twitter. Good staff won’t chase you – they need to see why you’re worth working with.
Then most importantly, use a form to ask questions and capture their response.
Your job post is your audition. The form is your qualification system.
– SCREEN – Use the 50-to-1 Rule.
Here’s the brutal truth: if 20 people apply and 19 look good, your screening process is trash.
Use a Google Form with questions that force applicants to think.
Add test tasks. Time them. Tell them to upload screenshots.
Ask, “How would you solve XYZ?” instead of “Tell me about yourself.”
The 50-to-1 Rule says: out of 50 people that apply, only one should make it through your screen.
Why?
Because you’re not looking for “available” people – you’re looking for capable people.
Most staff problems start here… because you hired someone who answered fastest, not someone who thought deepest.
– INTERVIEW – Mindset over CV.
The mistake most people make?
They ask, “Show me your CV?”, “Where did you work before?” or “What’s your experience?”
That’s fluff.
Ask real-life questions that test how they think:
“What would you do if a customer calls you and insults you for late delivery?”
“A rider didn’t show up, and 5 orders are stuck. What would be your next move?”
“How do you organize your daily tasks?”
You’re not hiring a robot. You’re hiring a human with judgment.
Forget degrees and titles.
You want people who solve problems, stay calm under stress, and think like business partners – not just staff.
People lie on their CV, it has been proven time and time again. Make them think!
– ONBOARD – Train, don’t dump.
Too many Ecommerce owners hire someone and disappear.
Then come back 3 weeks later shouting, “You’re not performing!”
Nah. That’s your fault.
When you hire, you need to:
Set clear expectations from Day 1
Create simple SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for each task
Do weekly check-ins
Set KPIs for tracking growth
Reward performance (yes, even small wins)
Inside Ecommerce Success Launchpad, we literally give you done-for-you templates, training systems, and tracker templates.
So your onboarding is not vibes – it’s structure.
Hiring without ASIO is like entering marriage after one DM conversation…
It might look sweet in the beginning, but give it 2 weeks… and you’ll start praying for freedom.
In our community, people who used the full ASIO method hire great staff faster.
Why? Because for the first time… they hired with sense, not sympathy.
Now let me say this with love…
You can’t scale chaos.
If you don’t have structure, your business will keep draining you.
You’ll start dreading Monday mornings because your staff can’t even send a correct report.
That’s why inside Ecommerce Success Launchpad, we didn’t just stop at marketing and products.
We built a full system for your team.
There’s a full training called “Hire Like A Boss: The ASIO Staff System” that shows you:
How to attract quality people without overpaying
How to screen applicants like a sniper
How to run interviews that filter pretenders
How to set up onboarding that trains them fast
And how to manage your team with KPI Dashboards, SOPs, and Weekly Review Templates
Plus, there’s done-for-you job descriptions, hiring scripts, and even sample test tasks you can copy today.
If you’re tired of flaky staff, confusion, and high blood pressure…
And you want to build a real ecommerce business that runs like a team – not a one-man hustle…
Then you need to join Ecommerce Success Launchpad today.
Let us help you hire, train, and manage a winning ecommerce team with systems that actually work.
You deserve staff that think. That delivers. That shows up.
Join Ecommerce Success Launchpad now. The team you’re looking for is waiting on the other side of structure.
