When you first started mystery shopping, the last thing you likely thought your new job would be is boring. Other jobs require you to sit at a desk all day or stand behind a counter, but mystery shopping allows you to spend your day shopping, dining, and more all while earning money. Your assignments take you to different locations, and there are also new sights to see and new people…
How to Find the Best Mystery Shopping Providers to Work With
So many of the complaints that mystery shoppers have about their job stem from the providers who they are working for. Mystery shoppers commonly complain about not being paid fast enough as well as simply not being paid enough on each assignment for the time and effort involved. Some complain that their mystery shopping providers are rude to them, or sometimes they ask them to make unethical changes to their…
Why So Many Mystery Shoppers Don’t Stick With This Exciting Job
As a mystery shopper today, you may mention to other people casually that you are a mystery shopper from time to time. On certain occasions, if you are like so many other mystery shoppers, you come across friends, family, and even mere acquaintances who say that they there were once a mystery shopper, too. You may have also noticed on mystery shopping forums that many mystery shoppers seem to become…
The Many Benefits of Mystery Shopping
Many people today had heard stories and rumors about the ability to earn money while shopping over the years, and most had written the job off as nothing more than idle talk or perhaps an urban myth. Yet over time, you may have learned that this actually is a legitimate job. Some people learned about mystery shopping as a money-making opportunity through a friend or family member. Others learned about…
How Often Should You Visit a Mystery Shopping Forum?
Mystery shoppers today can enjoy many benefits from visiting a mystery shopping online forum regularly. This is a career option that often creates a feeling of isolation for mystery shoppers. While workers in other industries may hear industry-related news, or gain tips, advice, or even warnings from time to time from their co-workers and colleagues around the water cooler or at business social events, this is simply not possible for…
Time Management Tips for Mystery Shoppers
Time is one of those things in life that you just never seem to have enough of. If you are a mystery shopper, the ability to find more time in your day may help you to complete an extra assignment or two regularly. While a single assignment may not be worth much money, being able to complete extra assignments on a regular basis can really increase your earning power as…
Enjoy Spring Weather With Fun Outdoor Mystery Shopping Assignments
Mystery shopping is a great job any time of year. It provides workers with the ability to work as much or as little as you want, and to adjust your workload as needed based on your availability and income needs at any time. Further, you can pick and choose which assignments you want to work on, so you have complete control over how you spend your time. While there are…
When Mystery Shoppers Take on Too Many Assignments
Many mystery shoppers have heard about others in this line of work who have turned mystery shopping into a full-time job. These are professionals who have found a way to make enough money over the course of a full-time work week to generate what equates to a living wage. In some areas of the country, it seems almost impossible to find enough assignments to complete to support yourself fully on….
When Are Low Paying Mystery Shopping Assignments Worth Your Time?
If you are like most mystery shoppers, you initially scan over the job boards and click on those assignments with the highest level of compensation first. This does seem like a great strategy at first, as you don’t want to spend your time working on lower paying assignments when higher paying assignments are available. Yet the fact is that compensation on assignments is not always what it may seem at…
Top Ways to Get a Fast and Easy Paycheck With Mystery Shopping
One of the biggest complaints many mystery shoppers share is how long it takes to get paid on their assignments. With some providers, you can complete an assignment today and not see your compensation for several weeks or even for a month or two. This not only makes it difficult for busy mystery shoppers to keep track of money that is owed to them, but it also can create a…