A VA can handle most of the non-technical details related to product research. These include inventory organization, customer research and analysis, keyword research, buyer profile research, and competitor research and analysis. Even if you are using an ERP like Skubana that shows your own data, you still need someone who can check to see what your competitors are doing, keep track of your own buyer data, and hand it to you or to someone else who knows what to do with the data. You can give the VA a template and a list of expectations for research and allow them to handle almost all of the data collection you need.