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Micro-internship brief ≈12h across 5 days — list, field inquiries, closeno-codeIndia edition

Actually sell one thing

Every commerce theory collapses into one question: can you actually sell something? Take one real item you own (with permission) — old books, a game, clothes, gadgets — list it properly with AI-crafted copy and real photos, field real inquiries, and close (or honestly fail to close) a sale.

Business AnalysisResearch & Fact-checkingFinancial ModellingE-commerce OperationsCommercial Communication

Posted by The AI Internships

The work brief

  1. 01Pick a real item, research what it actually sells for (check 5 comparable listings), and set your price with reasoning.
  2. 02Create the listing: your own photos (use your product-photo skills), AI-drafted description you personalise, honest condition notes.
  3. 03Post it where real buyers are: OLX, Facebook Marketplace, college groups, or WhatsApp status.
  4. 04Log every inquiry and negotiation. Close the sale — or document exactly why it didn’t close and what you’d change.

What you’ll produce

4 deliverables

Submission standard

Submit your pricing research, the live/archived listing evidence, the inquiry log, and the outcome. A well-documented failure to sell passes; an invented sale fails. Include your AI workflow: your listing prompts and how you personalised the draft. Your listing screenshot must show your own account handle and a date/timestamp, and the asking and final prices must reconcile across your research, log and outcome.

  • Your pricing research: 5 comparable listings and your price logic

    Written responseRequired

  • Screenshot of your live listing (or WhatsApp status post)

    Screenshot of your live listing that shows YOUR own account/handle and a date/timestamp (redact contacts). The item and asking price must match your pricing research and inquiry log.

    Image uploadRequired

  • The inquiry log: every response, lowball, negotiation exchange (redact contacts)

    Written responseRequired

  • The outcome: final price vs. ask (or why it didn’t sell), and your 3 selling lessons

    Written responseRequired

You’ll complete these inside your private workspace.

What you must submit as proof

This brief requires evidence an AI can’t fabricate.

  • Public link to your live/archived listing (OLX/Marketplace share link), if the platform provides one

    Optional if you sold via WhatsApp status; include it whenever a public link exists so the grader can verify the listing is real.

    Public linkOptional

Submissions without this evidence cannot be submitted.

Protect other people in your proof. Blur faces, names, phone numbers and email addresses before you upload, and refer to anyone you worked with by role or number ("Listener 1", "the stall owner"). Your proof is only ever used to check your work — it is never published, never appears on your certificate, and is never shown in your public portfolio.

How your work is evaluated

The passing benchmark is 70/100.

Really listed

29%

A real listing existed where real buyers could see it.

Real selling process

29%

The inquiry log reads like real buyers — lowballs, ghosting, haggling.

Commercial thinking

14%

Pricing was researched and the lessons show real commercial learning.

Your own listing, consistent

29%

The listing screenshot shows the student's own account/handle and a timestamp, and the item, asking price and final price reconcile across the pricing research, listing, inquiry log and outcome. A generic screenshot or mismatched numbers = fail.

How we grade your AI usage

30% of your score

Using AI is the point — it’s the skill this certificate proves. You’ll answer three short questions about how you used it: what you asked, what was wrong with its first answer, and what you changed. Specific, honest answers score high. “I pasted the brief and submitted the answer” scores near zero.