My first virtual assistant seemed amazing until I pulled up a screen recording and caught them selling the exact same lead list to other Amazon sellers.

I hired them through a placement service to handle online arbitrage sourcing. For the first few months, things seemed great.

Then prices started tanking unusually fast as soon as inventory landed at FBA.

A product with two sellers would jump to seven. Listings were racing to the bottom within 48 hours, wiping out margins before our units even finished processing.

When I checked the screen recording software, I caught it immediately. The VA was working for multiple Amazon sellers simultaneously and handing the exact same lead sheet to all of us. Several sellers were buying identical products and driving down their own prices.

I let the VA go and shared their name in a seller group to warn other operators.

Another seller messaged me right away: "Hey, I have that exact same VA working for me right now."

We compared notes, bonded over the mess, and started working together. That seller became my business partner and remains a close friend to this day.

Remote delegation requires verification systems like periodic screen recording audits. When leads tank fast, do not just blame the market. Check the pipeline first.