Marketplace sellers · 6-15 people · 100,000 tickets/mo · very fast AHT · minimal
Marketplace sellers support team: 14 agents for 100,000 tickets/month
Marketplace seller support is mostly listing questions, seller onboarding and disputes, which are highly repetitive across accounts.
Verdict: Marginal — probably not
- Payback is 66 months — defensible only if you expect this volume for years.
- Headcount spans 24-43 agents across your industry's handle-time range. Measure your real AHT for two weeks before you budget - the band is usually wider than anyone expects.
- Agents needed
- 14
- range 24–43
- Monthly labour cost
- $91,463
- $156,794 – $280,923
- Heads removable via automation
- 2
- 12 agents remain
- Net monthly effect
- $316
- platform cost $12,750/mo
- Payback
- 65.6213631533673 months
- at this volume
- Year-one cash effect
- -$43,404
- including setup and severance
Put your own numbers in
These figures come from one assumed volume. Change the ticket count, AHT or cost per hour and the answer moves.
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Model v1. Figures are estimates from published benchmarks, not a quote.