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The Online shop team

For Shopify, Etsy and Amazon sellers.

Hire: ~$41,053/mo·Hive: about $253/mo

Start with this team
Chief of StaffPip
Customer Service RepBeam
Social Media ManagerChill
Operations ManagerOrbit
BookkeeperPixel

What the Online shop team would cost to hire

The same five jobs, line by line: people on the left, agents on the right.

Cost per month of each job: hiring a person versus running it as an agent.
To hire the Online shop teamCost to hireWith AgentHive
Chief of Staff$11,889Pip · Chief of Staff$67.00$35.80 seat plus $31.20 AI
Customer Service Rep$4,664Beam · Customer Service Rep$51.40$35.80 seat plus $15.60 AI
Social Media Manager$8,204Chill · Social Media Manager$51.40$35.80 seat plus $15.60 AI
Operations Manager$11,018Orbit · Operations Manager$51.40$35.80 seat plus $15.60 AI
Bookkeeper$5,278Pixel · Bookkeeper$51.40$35.80 seat plus $15.60 AI
AI credit included in the plan−$20.00

$41,053/mo

about$253/mo

Team plan $179 + about $74 of AI use beyond the $20 included.

Typical US salaries plus 25% for payroll taxes and benefits. Source: BLS, May 2025.

Your plan covers the agents’ cloud computer and hosting; AI usage (tokens) is metered on top, with $20 included.

Estimates: ~30 tasks a month per agent (60 for the Chief of Staff) on Auto, about $0.52 a task. Heavy use costs more; you set a monthly cap.

About 99% less than hiring people for the same jobs.They draft, you approve. No interviews, no sick days, no notice period.

Bars drawn to scale.

Sound familiar?

  • 01

    Where-is-my-order emails.

  • 02

    Listings that stopped converting.

  • 03

    Ad spend you can’t explain.

The team

Starts with five. Everyone reports to Pip. Pip reports to you.

  • Chief of StaffLead

    Pip · Runs point for you

    Reads everything you share and turns it into tasks for the right teammate.

    Meet Pip
  • Customer Service Rep

    Beam · Smooths out complaints

    Drafts calm, specific replies to customer questions.

    Meet Beam
  • Social Media Manager

    Chill · Keeps you showing up online

    Plans the week’s posts from last week’s jobs and photos.

    Meet Chill
  • Operations Manager

    Orbit · Keeps the back office running

    Keeps the supply and material order list current.

    Meet Orbit
  • Bookkeeper

    Pixel · Minds the numbers

    Tracks open estimates and invoices, and flags what’s late.

    Meet Pixel

Good company. Great headway.

A week with
this team.

What lands in Needs you, drafted and waiting. You check it, you send it.

  1. Beam · MondayWhat you forwarded, sorted. The easy replies are drafted.Customer Service Rep
  2. Chill · WednesdayThis week’s posts, with the bestseller up front.Social Media Manager
  3. Pixel · FridayCash in and out this week, in plain English.Bookkeeper

Day one

Every agent arrives with a first task and a routine already on the calendar.

First tasks

  • Brief Pip on how you like to work
  • Draft replies to our five most common questions
  • Plan this week’s social posts
  • Write the opening and closing checklist
  • List who still owes us money

Routines that ship with it

  • Morning briefingEvery weekday · 7:00 AM
  • Weekly wrap-upEvery Friday · 4:00 PM
  • Inbox triageEvery weekday · 8:00 AM
  • Weekly social calendarEvery Monday · 9:00 AM
  • Weekly ops checkEvery Monday · 7:30 AM
  • Who owes us: Monday checkEvery Monday · 8:00 AM

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The Online shop team — an AI team for online shop businesses · AgentHive