// Hiring a VA vs. AutoPosting Pro

Looking at Hiring a VA? Compare it against AutoPosting Pro.

Paying a virtual assistant an hourly rate or monthly retainer to copy vehicles from your website onto Facebook Marketplace by hand. AutoPosting Pro syncs your whole lot from your dealership website and publishes it to Facebook Marketplace, your Facebook Business Page, Instagram and TikTok with AI-written captions — then keeps renewing, delisting and replying after the post goes up.

There is no vendor on the other side of this comparison — just an honest accounting of what this route costs in hours and consistency, so you can run your own numbers.

$9.90 first month · then $29.90/mo · unlimited vehicles · cancel anytime

Side by side

Our column is on the record. The other column describes how this route typically plays out — your mileage is the whole point.

What this approach looks like
  • A human touch on every listing — and human limits on speed, hours and consistency
  • Costs scale with the lot: every post, renewal, delist and reply is billable time
  • Quality depends entirely on the individual VA and how good your written process is
Where listings come from
AutoPosting Pro

A scraper built for your dealership website syncs the lot automatically — VINs, prices, mileage, full photo sets. No CSV uploads, no copy-paste.

Hiring a VA

You export or hand over inventory details; accuracy depends on the VA’s process.

Platforms covered
AutoPosting Pro

Facebook Marketplace through your own browser session via the Chrome extension, plus Facebook Page, Instagram and TikTok autopilot from the cloud.

Hiring a VA

Whatever the VA can log into — typically Marketplace through a personal account.

Who writes the descriptions
AutoPosting Pro

AI captions written per platform, with your own prompt add-ons for tone, financing lines and phone number.

Hiring a VA

Written by hand; tone and consistency vary by person.

After the post goes up
AutoPosting Pro

Listings auto-renew before they go stale, sold units auto-delist, and missed Marketplace messages get an auto-reply with your contact info.

Hiring a VA

Renewals, delisting and replies happen only when the VA remembers and is on the clock.

Pricing
AutoPosting Pro

$9.90 first month, then $29.90/mo — unlimited vehicles, cancel anytime.

Hiring a VA

Hourly rate or monthly retainer; rates vary widely, and hours grow with the lot.

The seven questions to ask any auto poster

Put Hiring a VA and AutoPosting Pro through the same seven questions. Our answers are on the record below — get theirs by honestly tallying your own hours and compare.

01 · Ask this
Is the vehicle count capped, or priced per listing?
Our answer

Unlimited vehicles on every AutoPosting Pro plan. A 40-car lot and a 900-car lot pay the same $29.90/mo.

02 · Ask this
What does the first month cost to try it?
Our answer

$9.90 for the first month, then $29.90/mo. Cancel anytime — no contract, no per-vehicle fees.

03 · Ask this
Where do the listings come from?
Our answer

A scraper built for your dealership website syncs the lot automatically — VINs, prices, mileage, full photo sets. No CSV uploads, no copy-paste.

04 · Ask this
Who writes the descriptions?
Our answer

AI captions written per platform (Marketplace, Facebook Page, Instagram, TikTok), with your own prompt add-ons for tone, financing lines and phone number.

05 · Ask this
What happens after the post goes up?
Our answer

Listings auto-renew before they go stale, sold units auto-delist, and missed Marketplace messages get an auto-reply with your contact info.

06 · Ask this
Does it look like a dealership ad or an owner post?
Our answer

Photo skip detection drops dealer banner frames automatically, so posts read like authentic listings buyers actually click.

07 · Ask this
Do posts go through your Facebook account or someone else’s?
Our answer

Your own browser session via the Chrome extension, paced like a human — plus Instagram and Facebook Page autopilot from the cloud.

Questions dealers ask about Hiring a VA

Is a VA cheaper than posting software?

It depends entirely on hours. A VA bills for every listing, renewal, delist and reply, every month, and the hours grow with the lot. AutoPosting Pro is $9.90 for the first month, then $29.90/mo with unlimited vehicles, and does not take days off.

What breaks first in a VA posting workflow?

Usually consistency: renewals get missed and listings go stale, sold cars linger on Marketplace, and photos with dealer banner frames get posted as-is. None of that shows up until leads quietly slow down.

Can I keep a VA and still use AutoPosting Pro?

Yes, and it is a sensible split: let software handle posting, renewing, delisting and first-touch message replies, and put the human hours into working the leads that come back.

Unlimited vehicles. $9.90 to find out.

Point us at your dealership website, connect Facebook, and the lot starts posting. First month $9.90, then $29.90/mo, cancel anytime. Today the platform manages 1,942 vehicles across 11 pilot rooftops — 0 bans to date.