Compensation for mystery shopping assignments will vary by a variety of factors. This includes which part of the country you are in, what the assignment requirements are, and the length of the report. Most mystery shoppers are pleased to earn $15 to $20 on a general assignment, but many savvy mystery shoppers know that it’s best not to choose an assignment based on the face value of the compensation alone….
How to Make Mystery Shopping With Kids Easier
Mystery shopping is a great job for so many different people because it offers a great deal of flexibility with regards to your work schedule. While people from full-time workers to retirees and even college students enjoy the flexibility this job provides, it is also a popular job for stay-at-home parents to do as well. Many assignments allow you to bring kids along with you, which is ideal as it…
Mystery Shopping in 2012: Changes to Make for a More Successful Year
As one year changes over to the next, people are often inspired to make some changes to improve their lives in various ways. As a mystery shopper, you may be considering different ways you can find greater happiness in the job while perhaps even working less and making more money in the process. There are a number of changes that you can indeed make, and here are a few of…
Valentines Day Mystery Shopping Tips: Select Your Assignments Now!
Valentine’s Day is an expensive time of year. Nobody wants to disappoint a special loved one by skimping out on this most romantic of days, and so you do generally have to put forth some effort. Beyond that special loved one, even kids, siblings, parents, and others would love to have some thoughtful gesture from you on this day that celebrates love. Between buying greeting cards, flowers, meals, candies, and…
Do You Need a Fill-In For Your Mystery Shopping Assignments?
In an ideal world, every mystery shopper would be able to pick and choose assignments on job boards and would then be able to complete those assignments as scheduled. However, regardless of whether you pick assignments a week ahead of time, a day ahead of time, or even just a few hours ahead of time, you may find that life sometimes just has different things in mind for you. Sometimes…
How to Squeeze More Mystery Shopping Assignments Into Your Schedule
Many mystery shoppers today have heard about others in this line of work who are earning a full-time wage as a mystery shopper. While sometimes the ability to earn more money mystery shopping is dependent on the availability of assignments in your local area, if you are like many mystery shoppers today, you may wonder how full-time mystery shoppers find enough time in the day to complete the number of…
What You Need to Know About Bank Mystery Shopping Assignments
If you are like most mystery shoppers, you tend to stick to the same type of mystery shopping assignments every week. Most new mystery shoppers will start out working on traditional assignments like those at retail stores, and then they may branch out to try grocery stores and specialty stores. It may take some mystery shopper just a few weeks to get even more adventurous while it may take others…
When Mystery Shoppers Get Sick: How to Handle Your Assignments
Even the healthiest of people get sick from time to time and have to take some time off of work. Of course, when you work in a “normal” job, you simply have to call in and tell your boss you are taking a sick day. When you are a mystery shopper, though, your job requires you to basically sign up to do a specific assignment within a specific window of…
Are Restaurant Mystery Shopping Assignments Right For You?
One of the many things mystery shoppers love so much about their job is the fact that they get to pick and choose which assignments they complete. This complete flexibility allows you to choose the assignments that not only make financial sense from a time and money standpoint but it also allows you to choose assignments that you will enjoy doing, too. Many who haven’t yet tried out a restaurant…
Staying Warm While Working: Hot Tips for Mystery Shoppers
During certain times of the year, we are mystery shoppers certainly feel like the luckiest working adults out there. On those warm, sunny days, being able to get out and enjoy the weather, see the sights, and interact with happy, cheerful people while earning a living is truly wonderful. Yet in the winter months, the weather is dreary and even at times miserable with hazardous road conditions. Days like this…